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Politics is the art of preventing people from taking part in affairs which properly concern them.
Politics is the art of preventing people from taking part in affairs which properly concern them.
 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. 
Any 20 year-old who isn't a liberal doesn't have a heart, and any 40 year-old who isn't a conservative doesn't read more
Any 20 year-old who isn't a liberal doesn't have a heart, and any 40 year-old who isn't a conservative doesn't have a brain.
Crime does not pay ... as well as politics.
Crime does not pay ... as well as politics.
Protection and patriotism are reciprocal.
Protection and patriotism are reciprocal.
Politics is for the present, but an equation is for eternity.
Politics is for the present, but an equation is for eternity.
All political parties die at last of swallowing their own lies.
All political parties die at last of swallowing their own lies.
In politics nothing is contemptible.
In politics nothing is contemptible.
 Let it alone. Let it pass by.
 [Lat., Laissez faire, laissez passer.]  
 Let it alone. Let it pass by.
 [Lat., Laissez faire, laissez passer.]