"Supposedly we had to start again, but I don't think that.
How odd then that, on this occasion, you don't have any words for us on the views of employers in the arts, media and sport on this planned downgrading – nor indeed any kind of commentary on how "we" have supposedly sunk down any arts, PE or media league tables.
Of Charles II, Wilmot supposedly said: We have a pretty witty king, Whose word no man relies on, He never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one" to which Charles supposedly said "that's true, for my words are my own, but my actions are those of my ministers".
It is also, supposedly, the way we have ideally sought to go about our lives in America.
But the big thing in Bernanke's remarks was his discussion of the obligations of the successful, even within a supposedly meritocratic society: We have been taught that meritocratic institutions and societies are fair.
When he signed the Civil Rights Act, LBJ supposedly remarked that "we have lost the South for a generation".
The arguments about staying in Afghanistan all have to do with not squandering what we have supposedly won there.
For all the social progress we have supposedly made, the double standards and old stereotypes are always nearby.
"We're seven years into things supposedly getting better and we have thousands more foreclosures?" he asked, answering with a quick bit of sarcasm.
