Everybody's for democracy in principle. It's only in practice that the thing gives rise to stiff objections.

Quote by Meg Greenfield

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There is such a thing as tempting the gods. Talking too much, too soon and...

There is such a thing as tempting the gods. Talking too much, too soon and...

In Washington it is an honor to be disgraced. you have to have been somebody...

In Washington it is an honor to be disgraced. you have to have been somebody...

If a politician murders his mother, the first response of the press or of his...

If a politician murders his mother, the first response of the press or of his...

Ninety percent of politics is deciding whom to blame.

Ninety percent of politics is deciding whom to blame.

The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun.

The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun.

If you want something said, ask a man...if you want something done, ask a woman.

If you want something said, ask a man...if you want something done, ask a woman.

Without alienation, there can be no politics.

Without alienation, there can be no politics.

Politics is but the common pulse-beat, of which revolution is the fever-spasm.

Politics is but the common pulse-beat, of which revolution is the fever-spasm.

I will not rest until I have transformed the landscape of American politics.

I will not rest until I have transformed the landscape of American politics.

In politics, there is no use looking beyond the next fortnight.

In politics, there is no use looking beyond the next fortnight.

Soviet Union foreign policy is a puzzle inside a riddle wrapped in an enigma, and...

Soviet Union foreign policy is a puzzle inside a riddle wrapped in an enigma, and...

War is nothing more than the continuation of politics by other means.

War is nothing more than the continuation of politics by other means.

Politics is like football; if you see daylight, go through the hole.

Politics is like football; if you see daylight, go through the hole.

It's passionately interesting for me that the things that I learned in a small town,...

It's passionately interesting for me that the things that I learned in a small town,...

Politics in the United States consists of the struggle between those whose change has been...

Politics in the United States consists of the struggle between those whose change has been...

Politics: the art of keeping as many balls as possible up in the air at...

Politics: the art of keeping as many balls as possible up in the air at...

Our Founding Fathers would shudder to see how easily forces outside the mainstream now seem...

Our Founding Fathers would shudder to see how easily forces outside the mainstream now seem...

If there is one eternal truth of politics, it is that there are always a...

If there is one eternal truth of politics, it is that there are always a...

I'm the enemy because I like to think. I like to read. I'm into freedom...

I'm the enemy because I like to think. I like to read. I'm into freedom...

Politics are always a struggle for power, disguised and modified by prudence, reason and moral...

Politics are always a struggle for power, disguised and modified by prudence, reason and moral...