Good times make bad policy. —Mohammad Sadli, economic adviser to Indonesia’s General Suharto2

The ability to listen to smart people who disagree with you is a rare talent –

We wanted to see this country win the war just as much as those advisors did. We felt we would help to do that by reporting the truth. And so there was the moral outrage over this general and the ambassador in Saigon who kept denying the truth we would see.

Madame will forgive me for not perceiving her busyness. It is a sign of the highest breeding to be able to be busy whilst appearing idle to the uninformed observer.

Written By Louis de Bernières

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