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

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

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.

Protection and patriotism are reciprocal.

Protection and patriotism are reciprocal.

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.

Men say I am a saint losing himself in politics. The fact is that I am a politician trying my read more

Men say I am a saint losing himself in politics. The fact is that I am a politician trying my hardest to become a saint.

All political parties die at last of swallowing their own lies.

All political parties die at last of swallowing their own lies.

Politics are usually the executive expression of human
immaturity.

Politics are usually the executive expression of human
immaturity.

Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.

Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.

Practical politics consists in ignoring facts.

Practical politics consists in ignoring facts.