What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or in the holy name of liberty or democracy?

Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.

Politics - I don't know why, but they seem to have a tendency to separate us, to keep us from one another, while nature is always and ever making efforts to bring us together.

Divide and rule, a sound motto. Unite and lead, a better one.

Politics is war without bloodshed, while war is politics with bloodshed.

Democracy is a poor system; the only thing that can be said for it is that it's eight times as good as any other method.