“But an escape less self-depreciating was taken by Lord Westbury, who, it is said, rebuffed a barrister's reliance upon an earlier opinion of his Lordship: "I can only say that I am amazed that a man of my intelligence should have been guilty of giving such an opinion". If there are other ways of gracefully and good-naturedly surrendering former views to a better considered position, I invoke them all.” IfsMenWayGivingShouldHas BeensSaidI CanSelfViewsLordOpinionTakenPositionShould HaveGuiltyFormerAmazedRelianceShould Have BeenInvokeLordshipBarristers Author:Robert H. Jackson
“If you put two economists xin a room, you get two opinions, unless one of them is Lord Keynes, in which case you get three opinions.” IfsTwoThreeRoomsLordOpinionCasesInvestingEconomistKeynes Author:Winston Churchill