Ah! Absolutism (with blinders on....)
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"The difference between a policy and a crusade is that a policy is judged by its results, while a crusade is judged by how good it makes its crusaders feel." - Thomas Sowell
"There is no place in a fanatic's head where reason can enter." - Napoleon
"It is inaccurate to say that I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty, and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible for public office." - H. L. Mencken, U.S. editor, book reviewer and political commentator, 1880-1956
"In politics stupidity is not a handicap." - Napoleon
"We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office." - Aesop.
If it weren't for graft, you'd get a very low type of people in politics." - The Great McGinty
"Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it." - Mark Twain
"It's hard when you're up to your armpits in alligators to remember you came here to drain the swamp." - Ronald Reagan, remarks at a White House reception for women appointees of the administration, February 10, 1982.
"The only good thing that can be said about Democrats is that, when they are in power, the Republicans are not" - Fred Reed, www.fredoneverything.net |
