Janurary 1, 2026 Introduction

One of the little-celebrated powers of presidents (and other high government officials) is

It is no use blowing the trumpet for the charge, and then looking around to find nobody following.

[On hearing Lady Mountbatten’s anti-monarchical views] How easy it seems for a semi-royal millionnairess, who has exhausted all the pleasures of money and position, to turn almost Communist!