Oxford Dictionary of Political Quotations

This thought-provoking and fascinating collection has been newly enlarged and updated. From Machiavelli to Nelson Mandela, Antony Jay (author of the famous TV series Yes Minister) has chosen the words and ideas which have shaped the world we live in today. This new edition covers quotations generated by events such as the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001, wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, upheavals in the European Union, the re-election of George W. Bush, and the British Labour government's historic third term. And of course the gaffes and the back-biting that form the everyday currency of political in-fighting are fully detailed too. Misquotations, Slogans, and other special categories are grouped together for easier access, and an extensive index helps you to trace that half-remembered phrase. 'I can only go one way. I've not got a reverse gear.' Tony Blair 'I met Saddam Hussein exactly the same number of times as Donald Rumsfeld met him. The difference is that Donald Rumsfeld met him to sell him guns' George Galloway 'That's Lazarus with a triple bypass.' John Howard, when asked if he thought he could regain leadership of the Australian Liberal party 'If I want to talk to Europe who do I call?' Henry Kissinger 'The job of the Federal Reserve is to take away the punch bowl just when the party is getting good.' William McChesney Martin Jr. 'We don't want the smoking gun to be a mushroom cloud.' Condoleezza Rice 'No one is fit to be trusted with a secret who is not prepared, if necessary, to tell an untruth to defend it.' Lord Salisbury

ISBN 0192806165   Pages 560 ISBN13 9780192806161 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Oxford University Press   Weight (grammes) 968 Imprint Oxford University Press   Published in Oxford Format Hardback   Previous ISBN 9780198610335 Publication date 09 Mar 2006   Height (mm) 242 Library of Congress PN6084.P6   Width (mm) 163 DEWEY 320   Spine width (mm) 48 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level General

PREFACE; INTRODUCTION TO THIRD EDITION; INTRODUCTION TO FIRST EDITION; HOW TO USE THE DICTIONARY; DICTIONARY; INDEX

There is something on every page to make you sit up with interest, chuckle, or reconsider what you thought you knew. Mail on Sunday

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