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Politics, as a practice, whatever its professions, has always been the systematic o <br />hatreds. <br />- Henry Adams, American historian, memoirist and diplomat (1838-1918) <br />An election is a moral horror, as bad as battle except for the blood; a mud bath f r every <br />concerned. <br />- George Be~nard Shaw, Anglo-Irish dramatist and wit (1856-1950) <br />Politics, n. A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles." <br />- Ambrose Bierce, American journalist and writer (1842-1914?), from the Devil's <br />Since a politician never believes what he says, he is surprised when others believe~him. <br />- Charles de Gaulle, French general and president, founder of the Fifth Republic ( 890-1 <br />Washington is a place where men praise courage and act on elaborate personal co <br />calculations. <br />- John Kenneth Galbraith, North American economist, novelist and diplomat (b. 1 <br />of <br />Never create by law what can be accomplished by morality. <br />- Charles-Louis de Secondat Baron de Montesquieu, French jurist and political phi osophe <br />Bad administration, to be sure, can destroy good policy; but good administration <br />policy. <br />- Adlai Stevenson, American politician and presidential candidate (1900-1965) <br />How far would Moses have gone if he had taken a poll in Egypt? <br />- Harry S. Truman, 33rd American president (1884-1972) <br />Politics is the art of controlling the environment. <br />- Hunter S. Thomson, 20th-century American journalist and saririst <br />Democracy becomes a government of bullies, tempered by editors. <br />- Ralph Waldo Emerson, American essayist, public philosopher and poet (1803-1 <br />bad <br /> <br />