Politics are not a drama where scenes follow one another according to a methodical plan, where the actors exchange forms of speech, settled beforehand: politics are a conflict of which chance is incessantly modifying the whole course.—SOREL.
Morley quotes Sorel to emphasize the unpredictable nature of politics.
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