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Yesterday I was a dog. Today I'm a dog. Tomorrow I'll probably still be a dog. Sigh! There's so little hope for advancement.: Charles M. Schulz (1922 - 2000), (Snoopy)
Political history is largely an account of mass violence and of the expenditure of vast resources to cope with mythical fears and hopes.: Murray Edelman, _Politics as Symbolic Action_, p. 1
No one who has read official documents needs to be told how easy it is to conceal the essential truth under the apparently candid and all- disclosing phrases of a voluminous and particularizing report....: Woodrow Wilson (1856 - 1924), _Congressional Government_, p. 109
Today, a successful Congressman has the fundraising ability of a hooker trying to raise cab fare home....: John L. Jackley, New York Times, 10/29/90, p. A15.
He's suffering from Politicians' Logic. Something must be done, this is something, therefore we must do it.: Yes, Prime Minister, (British TV program)
I've seen many politicians paralyzed in the legs as myself, but I've seen more of them who were paralyzed in the head: George Wallace
Politics is just like show business. You have a hell of an opening, coast for a while, and then have a hell of a close.: Ronald Reagan (1911 - 2004), to Stuart Spencer, 1966 from "There He Goes Again: Ronald Reagan's Reign of Error" by Mark Green and Gail MacColl
Tortoise: But we must be careful in combining sentences. For instance, you'd grant that "Politicians lie" is true, wouldn't you? Achilles: Who could deny it? Tortoise: Good. Likewise, "Cast-iron sinks" is a valid utterance, isn't it? Achilles: Indubitably. Tortoise: Then, putting them together, we get "Politicians lie in cast-iron sinks" ...: Douglas R. Hofstadter, "Godel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid"
A politician will always tip off his true belief by stating the opposite at the beginning of the sentence. For maximum comprehension, do not start listening until the first clause is concluded. Begin instead at the word "but" which begins the second, or active, clause. This is the way to tell a liberal from a conservative -- before they tell you. Thus: "I have always believed in a strong national defense, second to none, but ... " (a liberal, about to propose a $20 billion defense cut).: Frank Mankiewicz
The danger from computers is not that they will eventually get as smart as men, but that we will meanwhile agree to meet them halfway.": Bernard Avishai

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