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There is no sea more dangerous than the ocean of practical politics none in which there is more need of read more
There is no sea more dangerous than the ocean of practical politics none in which there is more need of good pilotage and of a single, unfaltering purpose when the waves rise high.
In politics nothing is contemptible.
In politics nothing is contemptible.
Practical politics consists in ignoring facts.
Practical politics consists in ignoring facts.
Of this stamp is the cant of, not men, but measures.
Of this stamp is the cant of, not men, but measures.
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.
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.
In politics stupidity is not a handicap.
In politics stupidity is not a handicap.
Politics is the art of preventing people from sticking their noses in things that are properly their business.
Politics is the art of preventing people from sticking their noses in things that are properly their business.
There are no true friends in politics.
There are no true friends in politics.
