“Opposition: In politics the party that prevents the Government from running amuck by hamstringing it.”
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“Opposition: In politics the party that prevents the Government from running amuck by hamstringing it.”
“In politics stupidity is not a handicap.”
“Alliance: In international politics, the union of two thieves who have their hands so deeply inserted in each other's pocket that they cannot separately plunder a third.”
“There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you. ”
“He knows nothing; and he thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career”
“A government is like fire, a handy servant, but a dangerous master”
“Politics are almost as exciting as war and quite as dangerous. In war you can only be killed once, but in politics - many times”
“The best government is a benevolent tyranny tempered by an occasional assassination. ”
“Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it”
“Honesty is the best policy”
“I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office”
“In politics nothing is contemptible”
“One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors”
“Politics is not a game. It is an earnest business”
“Politics has become so expensive that it takes a lot of money even to be defeated”
“Honor is not the exclusive property of any political party”
“Practical politics consists in ignoring facts”
“Politics are a very unsatisfactory game”
“Power is poison. Its effect on Presidents had always been tragic.”
“No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion and exorbitance of legal authority”