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Naturally the common people don't want war; neither in Russia, nor in England, nor in America, nor in Germany. That read more
Naturally the common people don't want war; neither in Russia, nor in England, nor in America, nor in Germany. That is understood. But after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.
Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it whether it exists or not, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying read more
Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it whether it exists or not, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedy.
Every time we have an election, we get in worse men and the country keeps right on going. Times have read more
Every time we have an election, we get in worse men and the country keeps right on going. Times have proven only one thing and that is you can’t ruin this country even with politics.
Practical politics consists in ignoring facts.
Practical politics consists in ignoring facts.
"If the terriers and bariffs are torn down, this economy will grow.
"If the terriers and bariffs are torn down, this economy will grow.
You may fool all the people some of the time, you can even fool some of the people all of read more
You may fool all the people some of the time, you can even fool some of the people all of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all the time.
Politics is the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich by promising to read more
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
Academic politics is the most vicious and bitter form of politics, because the stakes are so low
Academic politics is the most vicious and bitter form of politics, because the stakes are so low
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.