Quote by Herbert Hoover
When we are sick, we want an uncommon doctor when we have a constr

When we are sick, we want an uncommon doctor when we have a construction job to do, we want an uncommon engineer, and when we are at war, we want an uncommon general. It is only when we get into politics that we are satisfied with the common man. – Herbert Hoover

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My mother, Lillie Specter, was an angel and totally uninterested in politics. – Arlen Specter

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Politics are very much like war. We may even have to use poison gas at times. – Winston Churchill

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