Tony Atkinson
Feb 27, 2022

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No, only the one or two in every generation that present the greatest threat.

It is unfortunate that political leaders nowadays seem to read the wrong books.

When I was a Union official, the Branch Chair asked me why I was so much more effective in negotiation than she was. I pointed out that while she'd been reading Marx and Mao, I was reading Sun Tsu, Machiavelli and Musashi.

Politics is an amoral business, and sometimes you have to commit a small evil to achieve a greater good.

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Tony Atkinson
Tony Atkinson

Written by Tony Atkinson

Snapper-up of unconsidered trifles, walker of paths less travelled by. Writer of fanfiction. Player of games. argonaut57@gmail.com

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