| A sect or party is an elegant incognito devised to save a man from the vexation of thinking. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson |
| Author:
Emerson, Ralph WaldoEra:
1803 |
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| To do evil that good may come of it is for bunglars in politics as well as mortals. -- William Penn |
| Author:
Penn, WilliamEra:
1644 |
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| Public office is the last refuge of a scoundrel. -- Boise Penrose |
| Author:
Penrose, BoiseEra:
1902 |
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| politics have no relation to morals. -- Niccolo Machiavelli |
| Author:
Machiavelli, NiccoloEra:
1469 |
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| The dirty work at political conventions is almost always done in the grim hours between midnight and dawn. Hangmen and politicians work best when the human spirit is at its lowest ebb. -- Russell Baker |
| Author:
Baker, RussellEra:
1925 |
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| Neutrality is at times a graver sin than belligerence. -- Louis D. Brandeis |
| Author:
Brandeis, Louis D.Era:
1856 |
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