Quotes tagged "politics"
Half the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half.
To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy.
Justice is incidental to law and order.
Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
It is dangerous to let the public behind the scenes. They are easily disillusioned and they are angry with you, for it was the illusion they loved.
The nation is prosperous on the whole, but how much prosperity is there in a hole?
When the president does it, that means it is not illegal.
In time of war the first casualty is truth.
War does not determine who is right - only who is left.
There is hopeful symbolism in the fact that flags do not wave in a vacuum.