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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.
Man is by nature a political animal.
Man is by nature a political animal.
Of this stamp is the cant of, not men, but measures.
Of this stamp is the cant of, not men, but measures.
Academic politics is the most vicious and bitter form of politics, because the stakes are so low
Academic politics is the most vicious and bitter form of politics, because the stakes are so low
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.
Every time we have an election, we get in worse men and the country keeps right on going. Times have read more
Every time we have an election, we get in worse men and the country keeps right on going. Times have proven only one thing and that is you can’t ruin this country even with politics.
University politics are vicious precisely because the stakes are so small.
University politics are vicious precisely because the stakes are so small.
It is a condition which confronts us--not a theory.
It is a condition which confronts us--not a theory.
Politics are usually the executive expression of human
immaturity.
Politics are usually the executive expression of human
immaturity.