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Sunday, 3 January 2021

Only the excuse varies

 




You have despoiled churches. You have threatened every corporation and endowment in the country. You have examined into everybody’s affairs. You have criticised every profession and vexed every trade. No one is certain of his property, and nobody knows what duties he may have to perform to-morrow. This is the policy of confiscation as compared with that of concurrent endowment.

Benjamin Disraeli to William Gladstone - House of Commons, March 11, 1873

3 comments:

Sam Vega said...

Yes, but this time it's an emergency! Some scientists told us.

Doonhamer said...

No, not a Scientist.
A glorified chicken entrail interpreter with a six string abacus.
With a sociology major and some other dice shaker to check his results.

A K Haart said...

Sam - scientists specially selected by us to tell you this.

Doonhamer - sounds about right to me. I bet there is a vegetarian version of the chicken entrails too.