"The English are polite by telling lies. The Americans are polite by telling the truth."
"If God had been a liberal, we wouldn't have had the Ten Commandments - we'd have the Ten Suggestions."
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Source: Malcolm Bradbury (2012). “Rates of Exchange”, p.140, Pan Macmillan
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