#edit

In the process of building an inspiring and attractive alternative government, Liberals will not follow in Lord Derby's oft-quoted advice, given in 1841, that 'the duty of an Opposition is to oppose everything, and propose nothing'. The British Tories did not win a parliamentary majority for the next thirty-three years, and if the Liberals adopted such a strategy, we too could be in the political wilderness for a long time. As Menzies once put it: 'The duty of an Opposition, if it has no ambition to be permanently on the left-hand side of the Speaker, is not to Oppose for Opposition's sake, but to oppose selectively. No Government is always wrong on everything, whatever the critics may say. The Opposition must choose the grounds on which to attack. To attack indiscriminately is to risk public opinion, which has a reserve of fairness not always understood'. Indeed, simply opposing the government may create headlines, but to win an election you need to present an alternative. ↗

— Brendan Nelson

#liberals-and-power #page- #inspirational

Well, we could tell them that we're here on an archeological expedition. ↗

— Edie Adams

#could #expedition #here #tell #them

Of, course it always cheers a news editor when a story has what we describe as 'legs' therefore it, erm, runs. ↗

— Kamal Ahmed

#cheers #course #describe #editor #erm

Deciding whether to trust or credit a person is always an uncertain task. ↗

— Aldrich Ames

#credit #deciding #person #task #trust

A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit. ↗

— Arnold H. Glasow

#blame #credit #good #good leader #his

It is unsound for an independent editor to be a financial contributor to any cause which would cause any type of special pleading. ↗

— Walter Annenberg

#cause #contributor #editor #financial #independent

As for collaboration - I have done a lot, 26 books, and found publishers increasingly resistive to them. It's not that the books are bad; editors won't even read them. ↗

— Piers Anthony

#books #collaboration #done #editors #even

However, I began meditating at about that time and have continued on and off over the years. ↗

— Daniel Goleman

#began #continued #however #i #meditating

Between you and me, I think that may be one of the things that will help with the collaboration, because there are things Eric thinks I'm moving too quickly on, and there are things I think he's dragging out. When it gets to the editor they can arbitrate. ↗

— Robert Asprin

#because #between #collaboration #dragging #editor

I get into certain yoga positions at times, when I'm working out and for exercises. I use a little of it in some of my meditation, but I chant now and that sort of replaced it. ↗

— John Astin

#chant #exercises #get #i #into