University politics are vicious precisely because the stakes are so small.

University politics are vicious precisely because the stakes are so small.

If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his sincere friend

If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his sincere friend

I am of the opinion which you have always held, that "viva voce"
voting at elections is the best read more

I am of the opinion which you have always held, that "viva voce"
voting at elections is the best method.
[Lat., Nam ego in ista sum sententia, qua te fuisse semper scio,
nihil ut feurit in suffragiis voce melius.]

"If the terriers and bariffs are torn down, this economy will grow.

"If the terriers and bariffs are torn down, this economy will grow.

Politics has become so expensive that it takes a lot of money even to be defeated.

Politics has become so expensive that it takes a lot of money even to be defeated.

You had that action and counteraction which, in the natural and
in the political world, from the reciprocal struggle read more

You had that action and counteraction which, in the natural and
in the political world, from the reciprocal struggle of
discordant powers draws out the harmony of the universe.

It is necessary that I should qualify the doctrine of its being
not men, but measures, that I am read more

It is necessary that I should qualify the doctrine of its being
not men, but measures, that I am determined to support. In a
monarchy it is the duty of parliament to look at the men as well
as at the measures.

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 perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary.

Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary.