" You know, Maisie, that when you look at one of these politicians, you’re looking at a thief, a liar and a murderer, that’s the way I see it.” “Come on, Dad, that’s not like you.” “No, I mean it. Look—they take our money, they lie through their teeth, and then they send our boys off to their deaths, don’t they? And all the time, they’re in clover, never a day’s risk or a day wanting. "
― Jacqueline Winspear , Among the Mad (Maisie Dobbs, #6)