June 20, 2006

The Churchill Wit

Haven't had a reading in a while from the Little Red Book given me in giftitude by the currently laid-up Dr. Smith, so here goes.

From the section on Politics, Mr. Churchill has this to say:

"It would be a great reform in politics if wisdom could be made to spread as easily and as rapidly as folly."

From a speech before the House of Commons in July of 1954-- "The honorable member is never lucky in the incidence of his facts with the truth."

And finally, one from April of 1951, given out to Clement Attlee--"Mr. Attlee combines a limited outlook with strong qualities of resistance."

I tell you what, clever personal invective is a lost art.

Posted by Terry Oglesby at June 20, 2006 12:45 PM
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