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To a memorandum from the Ministry of Works saying, 'We have read the Cabinet's proposals':
The Cabinet does not propose, it decides.
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Decisions stem from judgment. A Cabinet is not a place for eloquence — one reason why good politicians are not good Cabinet Ministers. It is Judgement which is needed to make important decisions on imperfect knowledge in a limited time.
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The Constitution was the expression not only of a political faith, but also of political fears. It was wrought both as the organ of the national interest and as the bulwark of certain individual and local rights.
Herbert Croly
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Born:
January 3, 1883
Died:
October 8, 1967
(aged 84)
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