In 1790, the nation which had fought a revolution against taxation without representation discovered that some of its citizens weren't much happier about taxation with representation

Quote by Lyndon B Johnson

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Being president is like being a jackass in a hailstorm. There's nothing to do but...

Being president is like being a jackass in a hailstorm. There's nothing to do but...

What we won when all of our people united must not be lost in suspicion...

What we won when all of our people united must not be lost in suspicion...

A president's hardest task is not to do what is right but to know what...

A president's hardest task is not to do what is right but to know what...

Until justice is blind to color, until education is unaware of race, until opportunity is...

Until justice is blind to color, until education is unaware of race, until opportunity is...

I believe, with abiding conviction, that this people-nurtured by their deep faith, tutored by their...

I believe, with abiding conviction, that this people-nurtured by their deep faith, tutored by their...

The presidency has made every man who occupied it, no matter how small, bigger than...

The presidency has made every man who occupied it, no matter how small, bigger than...

I seldom think of politics more than eighteen hours a day.

I seldom think of politics more than eighteen hours a day.

First rule of politics: you can't win unless you're on the ballot. Second rule: If...

First rule of politics: you can't win unless you're on the ballot. Second rule: If...

MUGWUMP, n. In politics one afflicted with self-respect and addicted to the vice of independence....

MUGWUMP, n. In politics one afflicted with self-respect and addicted to the vice of independence....

A politician is a fellow who will lay down your life for his country.

A politician is a fellow who will lay down your life for his country.

I happen to think that American politics is one of the noblest arts of mankind;...

I happen to think that American politics is one of the noblest arts of mankind;...

Politics is applied biology.

Politics is applied biology.

Where annual elections end, there slavery begins

Where annual elections end, there slavery begins

There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never...

There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never...

Thats just the nature of democracy. Sometimes pure politics enters into the rhetoric.

Thats just the nature of democracy. Sometimes pure politics enters into the rhetoric.

Politics is largely governed by sententious platitudes which are devoid of truth

Politics is largely governed by sententious platitudes which are devoid of truth

The one thing sure about politics is that what goes up comes down and what...

The one thing sure about politics is that what goes up comes down and what...

Modern politics today requires a mastery of television. I've never really warmed up to television...

Modern politics today requires a mastery of television. I've never really warmed up to television...

He was a power politically for years, but he never got prominent enough t'have his...

He was a power politically for years, but he never got prominent enough t'have his...

Generally speaking, the best people nowadays go into journalism, the second best into business, the...

Generally speaking, the best people nowadays go into journalism, the second best into business, the...