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Politician:  An eel in the fundamental mud upon which the superstructure of
organized society is reared.  When he wriggles he mistakes the agitation of
his tail for the trembling of the edifice.  As compared with the statesman,
he suffers the disadvantage of being alive.
-- Ambrose Bierce
A statesman is a politician who's been dead 10 or 15 years.
                -- Harry S. Truman
It seems like the less a statesman amounts to, the more he loves the flag.
The less a statesman amounts to, the more he loves the flag.
                -- Kin Hubbard
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