DOWN BY THE SEA

摘要

The first panacea for a mismanaged nation is inflation of the currency; the second is war. Both bring a temporary prosperity; both bring a permanent ruin. But both are the refuge of political and economic opportunists. ~ Ernest Hemingway Prime Minster Count Rupert Mountjoy: My idea was sound. Only an idiot could have won this war, and he did. Grand Duchess Gloriana: How did the war go? Tulley Bascombe: Well, this is a bit of a surprise. A pleasant one, I hope. I think we've won. Prime Minster Count Rupert Mountjoy: You think you've *what*? from The Mouse that Roared.