The only thing worth having in an earthly existence is a sense of humor.
You ask men in office to be honest; I ask them to serve the public.
The Soviet government sprouted and grew out of the habits, the psychology, and the condition of the Russian people. It fitted them. They understand it.
Revolt is not reform, and one revolutionary administration is not good government.
The politer the society, the greater the lies it requires.
Whenever anything extraordinary is done in American municipal politics, whether for good or for evil, you can trace it almost invariably to one man. The people do not do it. Neither do the 'gangs,' 'combines,' or political parties.