The best time to listen to a politician is when he's on a stump on a street corner in the rain late at night when he's exhausted. Then he doesn't lie.

Quote by Theodore H White

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Whether a man is burdened by power or enjoys power; whether he is trapped by...

Whether a man is burdened by power or enjoys power; whether he is trapped by...

The flood of money that gushes into politics today is a pollution of democracy.

The flood of money that gushes into politics today is a pollution of democracy.

The world is beautiful if you are beautiful.

The world is beautiful if you are beautiful.

Don't ever let anybody teach you to think; it is the curse of the world.

Don't ever let anybody teach you to think; it is the curse of the world.

The best time to listen to a politician is when he's on a stump on...

The best time to listen to a politician is when he's on a stump on...

If you make a living, if you earn your own money, you're free - however...

If you make a living, if you earn your own money, you're free - however...

He who is created by television can be destroyed by television.

He who is created by television can be destroyed by television.

The best thing for being sad, replied Merlyn, beginning to puff and blow, is to...

The best thing for being sad, replied Merlyn, beginning to puff and blow, is to...

If you make a living, if you earn your own money, you're free - however...

If you make a living, if you earn your own money, you're free - however...

You can't get unless you give. And you have to give without wanting to get.

You can't get unless you give. And you have to give without wanting to get.

With the end of the nominating process, American politics leaves logic behind.

With the end of the nominating process, American politics leaves logic behind.

Don't ever let anybody teach you to think; it is the curse of the world.

Don't ever let anybody teach you to think; it is the curse of the world.

The flood of money that gushes into politics today is a pollution of democracy.

The flood of money that gushes into politics today is a pollution of democracy.

Politics in America is the binding secular religion.

Politics in America is the binding secular religion.

I saw Chungking for the first time more than 40 years ago - a city...

I saw Chungking for the first time more than 40 years ago - a city...

All endeavors which are directed to a purely worldly end, contain within themselves the seeds...

All endeavors which are directed to a purely worldly end, contain within themselves the seeds...

His passion has aroused the best and the beast in man. And the beast waited...

His passion has aroused the best and the beast in man. And the beast waited...

There is more similarity in the marketing challenge of selling a precious painting by Degas...

There is more similarity in the marketing challenge of selling a precious painting by Degas...

I like playing in Italy. It was a challenge I wanted since very early in...

I like playing in Italy. It was a challenge I wanted since very early in...

The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.

The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.