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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.
George Canning
Quotes , Source: in a speech against the Addington Ministry
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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.
Duc de Choiseul
Quotes , Source: in Jack F. Bernard's "Talleyrand" (1973)
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One of the greatest Romans, when asked where were his politics,
replied, "Imperium et libertas." That would not make a bad
programme for a British Ministry.
Sir Randolph Henry Spencer Churchill
Quotes , Source: in a speech at Randolph House, London
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Let it alone. Let it pass by.
[Lat., Laissez faire, laissez passer.]
Jean Baptiste Colbert
Quotes , Source: according to Lord John Russell, see report of his speech in London "Times", Apr. 2, 1840
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Finality is not the language of politics.
Jean Baptiste Colbert
Quotes , Source: according to Lord John Russell, see report of his speech in London "Times", Apr. 2, 1840
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In politics nothing is contemptible.
Jean Baptiste Colbert
Quotes , Source: according to Lord John Russell, see report of his speech in London "Times", Apr. 2, 1840
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The whole history of the world is summed up in the fact that, when nations are strong, they are not always just, and when they wish to be just, they are no longer strong.
Winston Churchill
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England has never enjoyed a genuine social revolution. Maybe that's what's wrong with that dear, tepid, vapid, insipid, stuffy, little country.
Edward Abbey
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I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.
Charles DeGaulle
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Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.
Ronald Reagan
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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.
Will Rogers
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Politics is the art of preventing people from taking part in affairs which properly concern them.
Paul Valery
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Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book.
Ronald Reagan
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The word "politics" is derived from the word "poly", meaning 'many', and the word 'ticks', meaning 'blood sucking parasites'.
Larry Hardiman
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Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it whether it exists or not, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedy.
Ernest Benn
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