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In politics, strangely enough, the best way to play your cards is to lay them face upwards on the table.
?UnattributedOften credited to H. G. Wells
Let individuals contribute as they desire; but let us prohibit in effective fashion all corporations from making contributions for any political purpose, directly or indirectly.
Theodore Roosevelt1858–1919
The thing we all have to understand to put these last two years in focus, is that liberals in this country care more about whether European leaders like us than they do about whether terrorists are killing us.
Rush Limbaugh1951–2021
- America
We’ll never know where John Kerry stands on an issue because he’ll take both sides — all three sides, four sides, however many sides there are — of an issue.
Rush Limbaugh1951–2021
I thought it completely absurd to mention my name in the same breath as the Presidency.
Dwight D. Eisenhower1890–1969
Abolition of a woman’s right to abortion, when and if she wants it, amounts to compulsory maternity: a form of rape by the State.
Edward Abbey1927–1989One Life at a Time, Please (1988).
- Abortion
Any man who wants to be president is either an egomaniac or crazy.
Dwight D. Eisenhower1890–1969
The old parties are husks, with no real soul within either, divided on artificial lines, boss-ridden and privilege-controlled, each a jumble of incongruous elements, and neither daring to speak out wisely and fearlessly on what should be said on the vital issues of the day.
Theodore Roosevelt1858–1919
If all the economists were laid end to end, they’d never reach a conclusion.
George Bernard Shaw1856–1950
- Economics
Suffrage is the pivotal right.
Susan B. Anthony1820–1906
When a politician is in opposition he is an expert on the means to some end; and when he is in office he is an expert on the obstacles to it.
G. K. Chesterton1874–1936In The Illustrated London News (6 April 1918)
We know what happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run over.
Aneurin Bevan1897–1960Often credited to Ambrose Bierce
The reformer is always right about what is wrong. He is generally wrong about what is right.
G. K. Chesterton1874–1936
Consumption is the sole end and purpose of all production; and the interest of the producer ought to be attended to, only so far as it may be necessary for promoting that of the consumer.
Adam Smith1723–1790The Wealth of Nations (1776), Book IV, Chapter VIII, p. 719.In context
- Economics
I think that a young state, like a young virgin, should modestly stay at home, and wait the application of suitors for an alliance with her; and not run about offering her amity to all the world; and hazarding their refusal. Our virgin is a jolly one; and tho at present not very rich, will in time be a great fortune, and where she has a favorable predisposition, it seems to me well worth cultivating.
Ambrose Bierce1842–1914