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    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.

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You may fool all the people some of the time, you can even fool some of the people all of read more

You may fool all the people some of the time, you can even fool some of the people all of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all the time.

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If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie read more

If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State.

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Politics is the art of achieving the maximum amount of freedom for individuals that is consistent with the maintenance of read more

Politics is the art of achieving the maximum amount of freedom for individuals that is consistent with the maintenance of social order.

by Barry Goldwater Found in: Politics Quotes,
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One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.

One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.

by Plato Found in: Politics Quotes,
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A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.

A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.

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The more you read and observe about this Politics thing, you got to admit that each party is worse than read more

The more you read and observe about this Politics thing, you got to admit that each party is worse than the other. The one that's out always looks the best.

by Will Rogers Found in: Politics Quotes,
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I am of the opinion which you have always held, that "viva voce"
voting at elections is the best read more

I am of the opinion which you have always held, that "viva voce"
voting at elections is the best method.
[Lat., Nam ego in ista sum sententia, qua te fuisse semper scio,
nihil ut feurit in suffragiis voce melius.]

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It is dangerous for a national candidate to say things that people might remember.

It is dangerous for a national candidate to say things that people might remember.

by Eugene Mccarthy Found in: Politics Quotes,
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In politics nothing is contemptible.

In politics nothing is contemptible.

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