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Leaves from the diary of a madman: the political virus.(First Person)

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| December 01, 2006 | Coleman, Peter | COPYRIGHT 2006 Quadrant Magazine Company, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright
 
   Families, when a child is born, 
   Want it to be intelligent. 
   I, through intelligence, 
   Having wrecked my whole life, 
   Only hope the baby will prove 
   Ignorant and stupid. 
   Then he will crown a tranquil life 
   By becoming Cabinet Minister. 

--Su Tung-p'o, translated by Arthur Waley

Though [John] Morley declared that he would sooner have been the author of the Decline and Fall than Mr Pitt, he had a craving for public life, the limelight, the perils and the triumphs of the platform.

--Austen Chamberlain

A man who gives a good account of himself is probably lying, since any life when viewed from the inside is simply a ...

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