It is perverse that the leaders of a modern nation feel they must honour the memory of the great men to whom that nation owes what it possesses in high culture and civility, and yet, were those great men alive today, they would be reviled for holding opinions that those leaders profess to find uncultured and uncivilised and unfit for the standing of a modern nation.
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A fitting eulogy for Benazir Bhutto, who was reviled for all that is corrupt during life, but became a martyr to all that is good upon her death.
The truth? Who cares? It's the legend that will survive. Ask Evita.
I have often thought the same.
Sir,
You have once again achieved my quote of the month.
Please see here.
Skewed 20/20 vision or rank hypocrisy?
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