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…Mr Broun, who accuses Mr Obama of wanting to uphold the Soviet constitution—one of several remarks that might baffle swing voters.

The Economist in ‘Squawk before you can run’

Evils which are patiently endured when they seem inevitable become intolerable once the idea of escape from them is suggested

Alexis de Tocqueville, quoted by The Economist in ‘Beware of europhoria’

Being in love is easy, being married is not

Ma Yili, wife of Chinese actor Wen Zhang,  quoted by The Economist

Excellent Economist’s article about Northern Ireland, and its lessons for the wider world:

The main reason for the West’s failures to reshape societies in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere was all along apparent in this corner of the United Kingdom: history and culture, orphans of neoconservative policymaking, almost invariably trump its darlings, democracy and prosperity.

. . . Dr Abdullah Abdullah . . . who got his second name only because newspaper sub-editors in the West could not contend with his lack of a surname.

The Economist in ‘Runners and riders’

The second incarnation of Mr Brown [as California’s Governor] … has been marked by a relentless pursuit of the possible and a serene neglect of everything else

The Economist in ‘Bark if you don’t like deficits’