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For undemocratic reasons and for motives not of state, they arrive at their conclusions, largely inarticulate. being void of self-expression they confide their views to none; but sometimes in a smoking room, one learns why things were done.
-Rudyard Kipling
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For Undemocratic Reasons And For Motives Not

Rudyard Kipling
For undemocratic reasons and for motives not of state, they arrive at their conclusions, largely inarticulate. being void of self-expression they confide their views to none; but sometimes in a smoking room, one learns why things were done.
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