Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it whether it exists or not, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying read more

Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it whether it exists or not, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedy.

Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken.

Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken.

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.

You've got to be (an) optimist to be a Democrat, and you've got to be a humorist to stay one

You've got to be (an) optimist to be a Democrat, and you've got to be a humorist to stay one

The Duty of an Opposition is to oppose.

The Duty of an Opposition is to oppose.

England has never enjoyed a genuine social revolution. Maybe that's what's wrong with that dear, tepid, vapid, insipid, stuffy, little read more

England has never enjoyed a genuine social revolution. Maybe that's what's wrong with that dear, tepid, vapid, insipid, stuffy, little country.

Rumor travels faster, but it don't stay put as long as truth.

Rumor travels faster, but it don't stay put as long as truth.

All political parties die at last of swallowing their own lies.

All political parties die at last of swallowing their own lies.

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.