When I was called upon to be Prime Minister, now nearly two
years ago, there were not many applicants for the job. Since
then perhaps the market has improved.
-- Sir Winston Churchill, Speech, Jan. 1942
I gather, young man, that you wish to be a Member of Parliament. The
first lesson that you must learn is, when I call for statistics about
the rate of infant mortality, what I want is proof that fewer babies
died when I was Prime Minister than when anyone else was Prime Minister....
