“Politics has got so expensive that it takes lots of money to even get beat with.”
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“The more that learn to read the less learn how to make a living.”
“This country has gotten where it is in spite of politics, not by the aid of it.”
“We don't know what we want, but we are ready to bite somebody to get it.”
“The income tax has made more liars out of the American people than golf has.”
“We will never have true civilization until we have learned to recognize the rights of others.”
“There is only one thing that can kill the Movies, and that is education.”
“If a passion for freedom is not in vogue, patriots may sound the alarm till they are weary.”
“A careless song, with a little nonsense in it now and then, does not misbecome a monarch.”
“The way to ensure summer in England is to have it framed and glazed in a comfortable room.”
“The next Augustan age will dawn on the other side of the Atlantic.”
“And is anybody unhappy about another, unless they are in love with them?”
“The Americans are mostly engaged in trade and plantations. Their chief object is to make money.”
“Power is an intoxicating draught; the more a man has, the more he desires.”