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May 29, 2007
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Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies

- Groucho Marx

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We seem to be quoting Marx a lot these days :-)


Posted by Perry de Havilland at May 29, 2007 11:11 PM

I don't know if Groucho is the (only) source or not, but there are others. Whatever, you're likely to enjoy this page: http://FreedomKeys.com/politicians.htm


Posted by Rick Gaber at May 30, 2007 01:18 AM

Q. What do you call a good politician?
A. Don't worry, nobody else knows either!


Posted by nick g. at May 30, 2007 02:23 AM

"Je suis Marxiste, tendance Groucho.”


Posted by Winger at May 30, 2007 06:58 PM

Love Groucho---he should get an honorary degree in PoliSci from someplace impressive, even if it is posthumous.

That is the most succinct description of the workings of the collectivist state I've ever seen. Just ask the people in the streets in Venezuela.


Posted by veryretired at May 30, 2007 11:09 PM

the most succinct description of the workings of the collectivist state

Any state; any political system (which need not be a state).


Posted by guy herbert at June 1, 2007 06:02 AM
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