# Quote — George Bernard Shaw, Saint Joan

> Political necessities sometimes turn out to be political mistakes.

- Author: [George Bernard Shaw](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-bernard-shaw.md)
- Book: [Saint Joan](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-bernard-shaw/saint-joan.md)
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- Topics: [politics](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/politics.md)
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-bernard-shaw/saint-joan/political-necessities-sometimes

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> Must then a Christ perish in torment in every age to save those that have no imagination?

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> Scratch an Englishman and find a Protestant.

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