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

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In politics, your enemies can’t hurt you, but your friends will kill you.

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Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote.

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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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