The function of liberal Republicans is to shoot the wounded after battle.
Being in politics is like being a football coach. You have to be smart enough to understand the game, and dumb enough to think it's important.
If you're in the penaut business you learn to think small.
The mortician interviewing the corpses
An efficient bureaucracy is the greatest threat to liberty.
There is a long-standing tradition in America of scoffing at poets, especially if they show any interest in politics.