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from: John Wilkins
date: 2004-04-29 06:33:00
subject: Re: John Maynard Smith

Wirt Atmar  wrote:

> Joe writes about John Maynard Smith:
> 
> >Perhaps you'd "never guess" it because he left the
British Communist Party in
> >1956.  A mere 48 years ago.
> 
> Which of course brings to mind one of Winston Churchill's most famous (and
> disputed) quotes:
> 
> "If a man is not a socialist by the time he is 20, he has no heart.
> If he is not a conservative by the time he is 40, he has no brain.'
> 
> Wirt Atmar

Also ascribed to Russell, Shaw and, of course, Wilde.

[moderator's note: Of course, I said it first. - JAH]
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