People always have been and they always will be stupid victims of deceit and self-deception in politics.

Economic stability is crucial for political stability.

Politics is not bean bags. It’s serious, tough stuff.

To live under the American Constitution is the greatest political privilege that was ever accorded to the human race

Power-worship blurs political judgment ­because it leads, almost unavoidably, to the belief that present trends will continue. Whoever is winning at the moment will always seem to be invincible.