second-rate quotes

No man has come so near to our definition of a constitutional statesmanöthe powers of a first-rateman and the creed of a second-rate man.

-Bagehot,Walter
Biographical Studies,'The Character of Sir Robert Peel'.

If Richard Nixon was second-rate, what in the world is third-rate?

-Heller,Joseph
  Good  as Gold, ch.6.

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