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Quote by Jean Rostand
In politics, yesterdays lie is attacked only to flatter todays. -

In politics, yesterdays lie is attacked only to flatter todays. – Jean Rostand

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A body of work such as Pasteurs is inconceivable in our time: no man would be given a chance to create a whole science. Nowadays a path is scarcely opened up when the crowd begins to pour in. – Jean Rostand

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In politics, it seems, retreat is honorable if dictated by military considerations and shameful if even suggested for ethical reasons. – Mary McCarthy

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Amnesty is a terrible policy, and its terrible politics. Its a terrible policy because you are rewarding people for breaking the law. – Tom Tancredo

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There will be no politics, no ifs and buts if we see something and feel that work needs to be done, we will get people here we can rely on and ensure it is done in the same thorough way as our other projects. – Ian Botham

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I was looking for something like baseball, where theres a lot of data and the competition was pretty low. Thats when I discovered politics. – Nate Silver

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He who knows no hardships will know no hardihood. He who faces no calamity will need no courage. Mysterious though it is, the characteristics in human nature which we love best grow in a soil with a strong mixture of troubles. – Harry Emerson Fosdick

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Unhappiness is best defined as the difference between our talents and our expectations. – Edward de Bono, Observer, 12 June 1977

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