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Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it, misdiagnosing it, and then misapplying the wrong remedies.
Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it, misdiagnosing it, and then misapplying the wrong remedies.
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.
 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. 
Sometimes I wonder if we shall ever grow up in our politics and say definite things which mean something, or read more
Sometimes I wonder if we shall ever grow up in our politics and say definite things which mean something, or whether we shall always go on using generalities to which everyone can subscribe, and which mean very little.
The White Plume of Navarre.
The White Plume of Navarre.
An empty stomach is not a good political adviser.
An empty stomach is not a good political adviser.
Politics is the conspiracy of the unproductive but organized against the productive but unorganized.
Politics is the conspiracy of the unproductive but organized against the productive but unorganized.
 One of the greatest Romans, when asked where were his politics, 
replied, "Imperium et libertas." That would not make read more 
 One of the greatest Romans, when asked where were his politics, 
replied, "Imperium et libertas." That would not make a bad 
programme for a British Ministry. 
In politics nothing is contemptible.
In politics nothing is contemptible.