A man will blithely do in politics what he would kick a man downstairs for in ordinary life.
Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of RoseberyDo not first announce action, and then, when you are unable to take action, withdraw, because you will only find yourself in the same position as now, plus a public and humiliating confession of impotence.
Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery