Anthony Eden Quotes
If you've broken the eggs, you should make the omelette.
This is the earliest use of the “pass the buck” phrase in politics that we have found. The term originated in gambling. In a poker game, the “buck” was a physical object token that would be passed from player to player to indicate who was to deal.
Her reference was to the fact that when the Russians invaded Afghanistan in the Cold War, the United States decided to arm and train Islamic fighters to oust the Russians. They did, but then the Mujahideen, as the fighters were called, formed the backbone of Al Qaeda and the Taliban who turned on us.
Robert Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon, KG, MC, PC, was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1955 to 1957, after serving three periods as Foreign Secretary.