Quote by Ambrose Bierce
Alliance - in international politics, the union of two thieves who

Alliance – in international politics, the union of two thieves who have their hands so deeply inserted in each others pockets that they cannot separately plunder a third. – Ambrose Bierce

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Edible – good to eat and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake, a snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man to a worm. – Ambrose Bierce

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Logic: The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding. – Ambrose Bierce

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Life is a corrupting process from the time a child learns to play his mother off against his father in the politics of when to go to bed he who fears corruption fears life. – Saul Alinsky

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Right now, we have no possibility of politics because we have a one-party state. – Todd Gitlin

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In no relationship at the top of any walk of life is it always easy, least of all in politics which matters so much and which is conducted in such a piercing spotlight. – Tony Blair

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I hate all politics. I dont like either political party. One should not belong to them – one should be an individual, standing in the middle. Anyone that belongs to a party stops thinking. – Ray Bradbury

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