You May Also Like / View all maxioms
In war, you can only be killed once, but in politics, many times.
In war, you can only be killed once, but in politics, many times.
Politics is a pendulum whose swings between anarchy and tyranny are fueled by perpetually rejuvenated illusions.
Politics is a pendulum whose swings between anarchy and tyranny are fueled by perpetually rejuvenated illusions.
We are Republicans, and don't propose to leave our party and
identify ourselves with the party whose antecedents have read more
We are Republicans, and don't propose to leave our party and
identify ourselves with the party whose antecedents have been
Rum, Romanism, and Rebellion.
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.
There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people.
There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people.
It is a condition which confronts us--not a theory.
It is a condition which confronts us--not a theory.
Man is by nature a civic animal.
Man is by nature a civic animal.
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.]
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.