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“[Richard Bedford Bennett] was the richest Prime Minister and the only millionaire to hold office before Pierre Trudeau. His money obviously colored his thinking -- colored it true blue -- but he di...”
“...if the Democrats suggested a plan to burn down the Capitol building, the Republicans would counter with a plan to do it over the course of three years.”
“Politicians are like dogs... Their life expectancy is too short for a commitment to be bearable”
“Politics is theater. It doesn't matter if you win. You make a statement. You say, "I'm here, pay attention to me”
“Power concedes nothing without a demand.”
“Your enemies hate you more than they hate your ideas. Should you want a project to be undone propose it. Even if it were as useful as a bishop's mire it would be rejected. Once you are defeated let...”
“I should like to think that had I been around at the time I would have been a convinced anti-Nazi engaged in the underground resistance fight. However, I know really that I would have been as confu...”
“What is love of one's country; is it hate of one's uncountry? Then it's not a good thing. Is it simply self-love? That's a good thing, but one musn't make a virtue of it, or a profession...Insofar ...”
“Diplomacy without arms is like a concert without a score”
“Not only may you not enter the state without certification: you are, in the eyes of the state, not dead until you are certified dead; and you can be certified dead only by an officer who himself (h...”
“Politics is the only field in which the character of a person does not stand in the way of his career.”
“Since Aureliano at that time had very confused notions about the difference between Conservatives and Liberals, his father in law gave him some schematic lessons. The Liberals, he said, were Freema...”
“Im not attached to anything.Im attached to what it feels it's my duty, to do my duty.I think that I will die with the boots on.”
“Maybe the critics are right. Maybe there's no escaping our great political divide, an endless clash of armies, and any attempts to alter the rules of engagement are futile. Or maybe the trivializat...”
“A people are as healthy and confident as the stories they tell themselves. Sick storytellers can make nations sick.”
“Watching my father plan and strategize for the resistance has taught me about trust. She leaned forward. Personal trust is very different from political trust, my lady. The first thrives on faith. ...”
“The Wickans know that the gift of power is never free. They know enough not to envy the chosen among them, for power is never a game, nor are glittering standards raised to glory and wealth. They d...”
“I believe all Southern liberals come from the same starting point--race. Once you figure out they are lying to you about race, you start to question everything.”
“Mainly, though, the Democratic Party has become the party of reaction. In reaction to a war that is ill conceived, we appear suspicious of all military action. In reaction to those who proclaim the...”
“The mischief springs from the power which the monied interest derives from a paper currency which they are able to control, from the multitude of corporations with exclusive privileges which they h...”
