If a politician murders his mother, the first response of the press or of his opponents will likely be not that it was a terrible thing to do, but rather that in a statement made six years before he had gone on record as being opposed to matricide.
Meg GreenfieldThere's nothing so dangerous for manipulators as people who choose to think for themselves.
Meg GreenfieldEverybody's for democracy in principle. It's only in practice that the thing gives rise to stiff objections.
Meg Greenfield