https://wist.info Wish I'd Said That! Thu, 11 Jun 2026 23:06:23 +0000 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://wist.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/little-w-little-box-60x60.jpg https://wist.info 32 32 43606282 https://wist.info/white-theodore-h/11492/ https://wist.info/white-theodore-h/11492/#respond Wed, 14 Jul 2010 14:03:53 +0000 Dave http://wist.info/?p=11492 A liberal is a person who believes that water can be made to run uphill. A conservative is someone who believes everybody should pay for his water. I’m somewhere in between: I believe water should be free, but that water flows downhill.

Theodore H. White (1915-1986) American political journalist, historian, author
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Theodore H. White (1915-1986) American political journalist, historian, author
In Search of History: A Personal Adventure, Part 3, ch. 7 (1978)
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