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Rome had Senators too, and that is why it declined.
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Frank Dane

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Since a politician never believes what he says, he is surprised when others believe him.
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Charles De Gaulle

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Sincerity and competence is a strong combination. In politics, it is everything.
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Peggy Noonan

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Son, in politics you've got to learn that overnight chicken shit can turn to chicken salad.
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Lyndon B. Johnson

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Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.
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Mark Twain

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The art of governing mankind by deceiving them.
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Benjamin Disraeli

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The courts of kings are full of people, but empty of friends.
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Seneca

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The diplomatic name for the law of the jungle.
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Ely Culbertson

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The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun.
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R. Buckminster Fuller

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The essential ingredient in politics is timing.
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Pierre Elliott Trudeau

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The first mistake in public business is going into it.
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Benjamin Franklin

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The greatest art of a politician is to render vice serviceable to the cause of virtue.
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Henry Bolingbroke

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The highest political buzz word is not liberty, equality, fraternity or solidarity; it is service.
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Arthur Hugh Clough

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The house of Lords is a model on how to care for the elderly.
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Franklin Field

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The House of Lords is the British Outer Mongolia for retired politicians.
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Tony Benn

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The most difficult choice a politician must ever make is whether to be a hypocrite or a liar.
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Source Unknown

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The news of any politician's death should be listed under Public Improvements.
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Frank Dane

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The one thing sure about politics is that what goes up comes down and what goes down often comes up.
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Richard M. Nixon

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The political arena leaves one no alternative, one must either be a dunce or a rogue.
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Emma Goldman

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The politician is like an acrobat : he keeps his balance By saying the opposite of what he does.
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Barres

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The politician who never made a mistake never made a decision.
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John Major

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The Prime Minister has an absolute genius for putting flamboyant labels on empty luggage.
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Aneurin Bevan

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The problem with political jokes is they get elected.
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Henry Cate

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The right man, in the right place, at the right time, can steal millions.
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Gregory Nunn

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The trouble with practical jokes is that very often they get elected.
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Will Rogers

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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
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