I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.
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I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.
Politics is almost as exciting as war, and quite as dangerous. In war you can only be killed once, but in politics many times.
The people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders...tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger.
No man is good enough to govern another man without the other's consent.
We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.
One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.
The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.
I am not a member of any organized political party. I am a Democrat.
The ballot is stronger than the bullet.
Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell people you are, you aren't.
He knows nothing and thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career.
Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book.
Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies.
I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.
A politician needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen.
A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.
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