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Quote by Louis Brandeis
The most important political office is that of the private citizen

The most important political office is that of the private citizen. – Louis Brandeis

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Our government… teaches the whole people by its example. If the government becomes the lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy. – Louis Brandeis

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Political campaigns are designedly made into emotional orgies which endeavor to distract attention from the real issues involved, and they actually paralyze what slight powers of cerebration man can normally muster. – James Harvey Robinson, The Human Comedy, 1937

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Truth is not determined by majority vote. – Doug Gwyn

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A politician thinks of the next election; a statesman thinks of the next generation. – James Freeman Clarke, Sermon

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Applause, mingled with boos and hisses, is about all that the average voter is able or willing to contribute to public life. – Elmer Davis

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