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William Proxmire has 11 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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The biggest danger for a politician is to shake hands with a man who is physically stronger, has been drinking, and is…
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The limousine is the ultimate ego trip, the supreme sign of success. It shouts: Hey, this guy is really and truly Mr…
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The last few years have been my happiest. Im happy in the years that most people are blue and sad and waiting…
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As chairman of the Senate subcommittee responsible for NASA appropriations, I say not a penny for this nutty fantasy.
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The FDA and much, but not all, of the orthodox medical profession are actively hostile against vitamins and minerals... They are out…
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The poor taxpayer may wipe his shoes on a $3 doormat when he goes home, but not the Navy. It is, damn…
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Power always has to be kept in check; power exercised in secret, especially under the cloak of national security, is doubly dangerous.
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I have spent my career trying to get Congressmen to spend the people's money as if it were their own. But I…
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He knows the tax code as thoroughly as the pope knows the Lord's Prayer.
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Characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner.
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Under every stone lurks a politician.
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Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life itself, power and glory, or happiness.
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Therefore, the good of man must be the end of the science of politics.
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What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition to virtue…
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Three groups spend other people's money: children, thieves, politicians. All three need supervision.
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No politician was more maligned than Ronald Reagan.
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Though I'm a congresswoman by title, a politician I've never been.
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It is as hard and severe a thing to be a true politician as to be truly moral.
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Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.
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A constitutional statesman is in general a man of common opinions and uncommon abilities.
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A group of politicians deciding to dump a President because his morals are bad is like the Mafia getting together to bump…
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