“Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation.” Continue reading
Category Archives: Politics
Henry Kissinger on Politics
George Orwell on Language
“The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one’s real and one’s declared aims, one turns as it were instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish spurting out ink.” Continue reading
Winston Churchill on Law
“If you have ten thousand regulations you destroy all respect for the law.” Continue reading
Harry S Truman Cynical Quote
“If you cannot convince them, confuse them.” Continue reading
Robertson Davies on Society
“There is no nonsense so gross that society will not, at some time, make a doctrine of it and defend it with every weapon of communal stupidity.” Continue reading
Ronald Reagan Cynical Quote
“The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would hire them away.” Continue reading
William S. Burroughs on Politics and Science Fiction
“After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say ‘I want to see the manager.’ “ Continue reading
Thomas Sowell on History and Society
“Much of the social history of the Western world over the past three decades has involved replacing what worked with what sounded good.” Continue reading
Robert Bakker on Taxes
“I want to find a voracious, small-minded predator and name it after the IRS.” Continue reading
Ronald Reagan on Politics
“Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book.” Continue reading
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