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December 04, 2002
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Adriana Cronin (London)  Slogans/quotations

It was futile to argue with politicians, I realized, to try to persuade them that your scepticism concerning their views might be well founded. Politicians developed habits of self-justification and certitude which were immune to logic or emotion: their rhetoric was like a blanket which they wrapped around themselves to keep out the bracing air of dissent.
- Princess Catherine, in Aztec Century by Christopher Evans

Comments

Hey Adriana... looks like you took L. Neil Smith's reading recommendations!


Posted by Russell Whitaker at December 4, 2002 08:16 AM

Actually, I didn't. I found the book at home... :-) Something to read on the tube. It's OK, but not wild about it.


Posted by Adriana at December 4, 2002 09:25 AM