John Wilkes (right) was a British radical, journalist, and politician who started off as a Member of Parliament. Montagu, on the other hand, was a British statesman who succeeded his grandfather Edward Montagu, at the age of ten. Their famous exchange (or the savage response of John Wilkes, to be exact) has made history:

Montagu: Sir, I do not know whether you will die on the gallows or of the pox.

Wilkes: That will depend, my lord, on whether I embrace your principles or your mistress.