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# The permitted and the forbidden compared in England, Germany, France and the USSR
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/cherchilliu-pripisyvaiut-takoi-aforizm/
- Published: 2022-07-15T09:40:16.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-02T18:57:53.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Mores, Society, Humour

Churchill is credited with this aphorism:.

In England everything is permitted except what is forbidden.  
In Germany everything is forbidden except what is permitted.  
In France everything is permitted, even what is forbidden.  
In the USSR everything is forbidden, even what is permitted.