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It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.
Politics (7), Democracy (1), Government (1)Winston Churchill (12)

A conference is a gathering of important people who singly can do nothing, but together can decide that nothing can be done.
Politics (7), Nothing (1), People (24)Fred Allen (1)

Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.
Politics (7), Elections (1)George Bernard Shaw (5)

Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of congress. But I repeat myself.
People (24), Idiots (3), Congress (1), Politics (7)Mark Twain (16)

In politics, if you want anything said, ask a man; if you want anything done, ask a woman.
Politics (7), Women (14), Men (15)Margaret Thatcher (1)

I do not see any other way of realizing our hopes about World Organization in five or six days. Even the Almighty took seven.
To Franklin Roosevelt on the likely duration of the Yalta conference with Stalin.
Hopes (1), God (6), World (7), Politics (7)Winston Churchill (12)

Diplomacy: The patriotic art of lying for one's country.
Politics (7), Patriotism (2), Countries (4)Ambrose Bierce (5)