June 18, 2025

Politics is largely a matter of heart. R. A. Butler (1902-1982), British Conservative politician,

…see how sensitive the citizens become: they chafe impatiently at the least touch of authority and at length

[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!