I gather young man that you wish to be a Member of Parliament. The first lesson that you must learn is when I call for statistics about the rate of infant mortality what I want is proof that fewer babies died when I was Prime Minister than when anyone else was Prime Minister. That is a political statistic.
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I gather young man that you wish to be a Member of Parliament. The first lesson that you must learn is when I call for statistics about the rate of infant mortality what I want is proof that fewer babies died when I was Prime Minister than when anyone else was Prime Minister. That is a political statistic.
We must never assume that which is incapable of proof.
Some circumstantial evidence is very strong as when you find a trout in the milk.