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C. Northcote Parkinson

"In politics people give you what they think you deserve and deny you what they think you want."

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"In politics people give you what they think you deserve and deny you what they think you want."

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"A politician . . . one that would circumvent God."

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"Politics is almost as exciting as war, and quite as dangerous. In war you can only be killed once, but in politics many times."

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"To safeguard democracy the people must have a keen sense of independence, self-respect and their oneness, and should insist upon choosing as their representatives only such persons as are good and true."

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"The freest societies are in a constant state of revolution."

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