• Troy@lemmy.ca
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    7 months ago

    I spent an hour today trying to find a real source for this quote, often misattributed to Churchill. And failed. Found some sources saying it predates Churchill, but no direct references. Seems an adage that is quite old though.

    • vulture_god@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      7 months ago

      I’ve always heard it attributed (in a slightly different form) to Rahm Emmanuel, e.g. :

      Never let a good crisis go to waste