"Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage."

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Source : Ambrose Bierce (2009). “The Devil's Dictionary: Easyread Super Large 18pt Edition”, p.271, ReadHowYouWant.com

Ambrose Bierce

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“The more deeply the path is etched, the more it is used, and the more it is used, the more deeply it etched.”
“We pass bills authorizing improvements and grants. But when it comes time to pay for these programs, we'd rather put the country's money toward tax breaks for the wealthy than for police officers who are protecting our communities.”
“When I read any book, if it's really good I get lost in the writing whether it's fiction or non-fiction. I'm in the story not thinking about who wrote it.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“It was in the 1960s that I began the detailed study of public regulation.”

Source : Biographical, www.nobelprize.org. 1982.
“Champions take responsibility. When the ball is coming over the net, you can be sure I want the ball.”
“You feel the last bit of breath leaving their body. You're looking into their eyes. A person in that situation is God!”
“Sometimes with people their work is the most important thing to them, and sometimes the work enables you to do other things that are more important to you. I probably am closer to that.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“I get a lot of 'Oh, you've been gone.' I wasn't gone. Just because you didn't see me doesn't mean I wasn't working and collecting checks. I just wasn't singing and doing videos. I do a lot of other things, like I said, like writing scripts and stuff like that. I write for other artists.”

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