A demagogue is a person with whom we disagree as to which gang should mismanage the country.

Quote by Don Marquis

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I would rather start a family than finish one.

I would rather start a family than finish one.

Some persons are likeable in spite of their unswerving integrity.

Some persons are likeable in spite of their unswerving integrity.

It takes all sorts of people to make the underworld.

It takes all sorts of people to make the underworld.

The chief obstacle to the progress of the human race is the human race.

The chief obstacle to the progress of the human race is the human race.

Publishing a volume of verse is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon...

Publishing a volume of verse is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon...

Successful people are the ones who think up things for the rest of the world...

Successful people are the ones who think up things for the rest of the world...

Poetry is what Milton saw when he went blind.

Poetry is what Milton saw when he went blind.

Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.

Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.

We pay for the mistakes of our ancestors, and it seems only fair that they...

We pay for the mistakes of our ancestors, and it seems only fair that they...

An idea is not responsible for the people who believe in it.

An idea is not responsible for the people who believe in it.

Middle age is the time when a man is always thinking that in a week...

Middle age is the time when a man is always thinking that in a week...

I have often noticed that ancestors never boast of the descendants who boast of ancestors....

I have often noticed that ancestors never boast of the descendants who boast of ancestors....

Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.

Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.

The chief obstacle to the progress of the human race is the human race.

The chief obstacle to the progress of the human race is the human race.

Bores bore each other too; but it never seems to teach them anything.

Bores bore each other too; but it never seems to teach them anything.

Of middle age the best that can be said is that a middle-aged person has...

Of middle age the best that can be said is that a middle-aged person has...

Ours is a world where people don't know what they want and are willing to...

Ours is a world where people don't know what they want and are willing to...

In order to influence a child, one must be careful not to be that child's...

In order to influence a child, one must be careful not to be that child's...

By the time a bartender knows what drink a man will have before he orders,...

By the time a bartender knows what drink a man will have before he orders,...

The art of newspaper paragraphing is to stroke a platitude until it purrs like an...

The art of newspaper paragraphing is to stroke a platitude until it purrs like an...