Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.

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Politics is the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich, by promising to protect each from the other.

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The word ‘politics’ is derived from the word ‘poly’, meaning ‘many’, and the word ‘tics’, meaning ‘blood sucking parasites’.

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I offer my opponents a bargain: if they will stop telling lies about us, I will stop telling the truth about them.

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Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it whether it exists or not, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedy.

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