John Henry NewmanI shall drink to the Pope, if you please, still, to conscience first, and to the Pope afterwards.
About This Quote
A quote from George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion. In this scene Shaw is having a drink with his wife and friends and he wants to get them to buy into his idea that it is fine for him to drink to conscience. The rest of the quote is how he gets them all on board with the idea. He says, “I shall drink to the Pope, if you please, still, to conscience first, and to the Pope afterwards.”
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