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All political lives, unless they are cut off in mid-stream at a happy juncture, end in failure, because that is the nature of politics and of human affairs.
(John) Enoch Powell
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Don't change horses in midstream.


— Note: When in water it is ardous to mount and dismount.
— Meaning: "It is often wise not to quit an undertaking already begun."
— Source for proverb and meaning: Martin H. Manser (2007). The Facts on File Dictionary of Proverbs. Infobase Publishing. p. 63. Retrieved on 18 August 2013. 

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All political lives, unless they are cut off in midstream at a happy juncture, end in failure, because that is the nature of politics and of human affairs.

enoch powell

— Enoch Powell, Joseph Chamberlain (Thames and Hudson, 1977), p. 151.

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