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“People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war, or before an election.”
“Politicians are like bad horsemen who are so preoccupied with staying in the saddle that they cant bother about where theyre going.”
“If you put your politicians up for sale, as the US does (alone in this among industrialized democracies), then someone will buy them--and it wont be you; you cant afford them.”
“The major problem—one of the major problems, for there are several—one of the many major problems with governing people is that of whom you get to do it; or rather of who manages to get people ...”
“To win the people, always cook them some savoury that pleases them.”
“Young people today seem to be coming around to the idea it really doesn’t matter which politician or political party you vote for; and they’re catching on that it doesn’t even matter if you don’t v...”