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“Politicians have limited power. They can't impose morality on themselves. How can they impose it on the country?”

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One of the reasons people hate politics is that truth is rarely a politician's objective. Election and power are.

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As with most things governmental, failure does not mean having to try something else. It means spending more money.

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