Time and again these governments have rejected proposals today - and longed for them tomorrow.
“On the recollection of so many and great favours and blessings, I now, with a high sense of gratitude, presume to offer up my sincere thanks to the Almighty, the Creator and Preserver.”
“Making the best of things is... a damn poor way of dealing with them. My whole life has been a series of escapes from that quicksand.”