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.

 1165

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

 1205

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Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.

 1179

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Honesty in politics is much like oxygen...The higher up you go, the scarcer it becomes.

 1175

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Mankind will never see an end of trouble until…lovers of wisdom come to hold political power, or the holders of power.....become lovers of wisdom.

 1186

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