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Away with the cant of "Measures not men!"--the idle supposition
that it is the harness and not the horses read more
Away with the cant of "Measures not men!"--the idle supposition
that it is the harness and not the horses that draw the chariot
along. No Sir, if the comparison must be made, if the
distinction must be taken, men are everything, measures
comparatively nothing.
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.
There is no sea more dangerous than the ocean of practical politics none in which there is more need of read more
There is no sea more dangerous than the ocean of practical politics none in which there is more need of good pilotage and of a single, unfaltering purpose when the waves rise high.
Man is by nature a civic animal.
Man is by nature a civic animal.
Politics, n: Poly "many" + tics "blood-sucking parasites"
Politics, n: Poly "many" + tics "blood-sucking parasites"
Anyone who says they are not interested in politics is like a drowning man who insists he is not interested read more
Anyone who says they are not interested in politics is like a drowning man who insists he is not interested in water
A minister who moves about in society is in a position to read
the signs of the times even read more
A minister who moves about in society is in a position to read
the signs of the times even in a festive gathering, but one who
remains shut up in his office learns nothing.
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
Politics is the art of postponing decisions until they are no longer relevant.
Politics is the art of postponing decisions until they are no longer relevant.
