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“There are two things that are important in politics. The first is money and I can’t remember what the second one is.”
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“If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse, and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.”
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“It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.”
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― I, Candidate for Governor: And How I Got Licked
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