Civil War Quote...still appropriate?

[LadyLawyer]

Statesmen are physicians of the public weal; and what doctor hesitates to vary his remedies with the new phases of disease?

Sort of a classic response to the charge of flip-flopper imo.

[Michael]

IOW, change in conditions necessitates a change in policies.

A Rebel War Clerk's Diary. Could make for interesting reading one of these days.