Anthony Trollope Quote

A Minister can always give a reason; and, if he be clever, he can generally when doing so punish the man who asks for it. The punishing of an influential enemy is an indiscretion; but an obscure questioner may often be crushed with good effect.


Ch. 20 - Phineas Redux (1874)


A Minister can always give a reason; and, if he be clever, he can generally when doing so punish the man who asks for it. The punishing of an...

A Minister can always give a reason; and, if he be clever, he can generally when doing so punish the man who asks for it. The punishing of an...

A Minister can always give a reason; and, if he be clever, he can generally when doing so punish the man who asks for it. The punishing of an...

A Minister can always give a reason; and, if he be clever, he can generally when doing so punish the man who asks for it. The punishing of an...