1.26.2012

And gentlemen in England now a-bed will think themselves accursed they were not here…

Barack Obama, prince of players | Odd Man Out

But give Obama his due. Watching him speak, I thought of the ideal leader — someone like Henry V as played by Lawrence Olivier, rousing the English troops before the battle of Agincourt. I believed Obama’s speech as he delivered it, just as I believed Olivier’s, but I knew both men were going home to bed after their performances, not into battle.

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