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January 11, 2025

A majority is always the best repartee.

Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881), British prime minister and novelist, Tancred (1847), in The Cynic’s Lexicon, Jonathon Green, ed. (London: 1986), p. 66

When was the last time your side won the vote against the side with all of the best arguments?

A greater truth was never spoken. What joy, what rapture, when—in lieu of telling someone to piss off, you can outvote them—with a smirk, or better, a smile!


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