Neutrality is at times a graver sin than belligerence. Louis D. Brandeis
A sect or party is an elegant incognito devised to save a man from the vexation of thinking. Ralph Waldo Emerson
(The President) is the last person in the world to know what the people really want and think. James A. Garfield
Political thought in France is either nostalgic or utopian. Raymond Aron
The dirty work at political conventions is almost always done in the grim hours between midnight and dawn. Hangmen and politicians work best when the human spirit is at its lowest ebb. Russell Baker