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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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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A good leader is a person who takes a little more than his share of the blame and a little less than his share of the credit...

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Politics, it seems to me, for years, or all too long, has been concerned with right or left instead of right or wrong...

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