It is true that the politician, in his professional character, does not always, or even very often, conform to the most approved pattern of private c….

Men who are engaged in public life must necessarily aim at reducing opposition to a minimum, and one of the most obvious means to that end is by misr….

No politician has ever yet been able to rule his country, nor has any country ever yet been able to face the world, upon the principles of the Sermon….

In taking stock of a politician, the first question is not whether he was a good man who used righteous means, but whether he was successful in gaini….

A wise politician will never grudge a genuflexion or a rapture if it is expected of him by prevalent opinion..