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"The science of politics is the one science that is deposited by the streams of history, like the grains of gold in the sand of a river; and the knowledge of the past, the record of truths revealed by experience, is eminently practical, as an instrument of action and a power that goes to making the future."
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"Politicians look for interests not people."
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"When men reject reason, they have no means left for dealing with one another - except brute, physical force."
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"Experience is in the fingers and the head. The heart is inexperienced."
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"And they that rule in England, in stately conclaves met, alas, alas for England they have no graves as yet."
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"I believe the term is 'eminent domain.'Ah, yes. That means 'theft by the government."
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"There is no single truth in a world ruled by many political parties."
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"Political or military commentators, like astrologers, can survive almost any mistake, because their more devoted followers do not look to them for an appraisal of the facts but for the stimulation of nationalistic loyalties."
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"Democracy is good, but it is not good for an uneducated dogmatic society. Often, that society does not know how to choose wisely."
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"If you have to say or do something controversial, aim so that people will hate that they love it and not love that they hate it."
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"Majority wins, but majority is not necessarily right and sometimes majority is awfully wrong."
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"There is not a soul who does not have to beg alms of another, either a smile, a handshake, or a fond eye."
Soul
"Machiavelli's teaching would hardly have stood the test of Parliamentary government, for public discussion demands at least the profession of good faith."
Faith
"Learn as much by writing as by reading."
Reading
"I'm not a driven businessman, but a driven artist. I never think about money. Beautiful things make money."
Money
"And remember, where you have a concentration of power in a few hands, all too frequently men with the mentality of gangsters get control. History has proven that."
History
"Liberty is not the power of doing what we like, but the right to do what we ought."
Power
"Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end."
Freedom
"The science of politics is the one science that is deposited by the streams of history, like the grains of gold in the sand of a river; and the knowledge of the past, the record of truths revealed by experience, is eminently practical, as an instrument of action and a power that goes to making the future."
Politics
"There are two things which cannot be attacked in front: ignorance and narrow-mindedness. They can only be shaken by the simple development of the contrary qualities. They will not bear discussion."
Development
"Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely."
Power
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