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Wit and Wisdom for a One Party State

A handbook for government by wishful thinking

Friday, July 22, 2005

Consistency, n. The avoidance of hypocrisy through persistent, provocative and pervasive lying:

1841 R.W. EMERSON, "Self Reliance" in ESSAYS "[C]onsistency is ... adored by ... statesmen and philosophers and divines. With consistency [achieved,] a great soul has simply nothing [left] to do."

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