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March 11, 2025

Finality is not the language of politics.

Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881), British writer, politician, prime minister, speech in the House of Commons, 28 Feb 1849, Seldes p.109

Does that not suggest that all change is incremental?

Politics is a slow-moving phenomenon and in liberal democratic societies the railway to finality is very long, with too many sidings where many a promising initiative can be parked for a long, long time, and often are.


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