"If it took Labouchere three columns to prove that I was forgotten, then there is no difference between fame and obscurity."

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The foulest damage to our political life comes not from the 'secrets' which they hide from us, but from the little bits of half-truth and disinformation which they do tell us. These are already pre-digested, and then are sicked up as little gobbits of authorised spew. The columns of defense correspondents in the establishment sheets serve as the spittoons.

— E. P. Thompson