If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal.
Emma Goldman
Emma Goldman
“The typical citizen drops down to a lower level of mental performance as soon as he enters the political field. He argues and analyzes in a way which he would readily recognize as infantile within the sphere of his real interests. He becomes primitive again.”
Joseph Schumpeter
Joseph Schumpeter
“Politics is the art of making your selfish desires seem like the national interest.”
Thomas Sowell
Thomas Sowell
“Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.”
Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Bierce
“In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant.”
Charles de Gaulle
Charles de Gaulle
“No one will really understand politics until they understand that politicians are not trying to solve our problems. They are trying to solve their own problems — of which getting elected and re-elected are number one and number two. Whatever is number three is far behind.”
Thomas Sowell
Thomas Sowell
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