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.

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

Let it alone. Let it pass by.
[Lat., Laissez faire, laissez passer.]

Let it alone. Let it pass by.
[Lat., Laissez faire, laissez passer.]

Protection and patriotism are reciprocal.

Protection and patriotism are reciprocal.

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.

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.

The White Plume of Navarre.

The White Plume of Navarre.

The trouble with radicals is that they only read radical literature, and the trouble with conservatives is that they don't read more

The trouble with radicals is that they only read radical literature, and the trouble with conservatives is that they don't read anything

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

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