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There is no gambling like politics.

— Benjamin Disraeli

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  1. 'As for that,' said Waldenshare, 'sensible men are all of the same religion.' 'Pray, what is that?' inquired the Prince. 'Sensible men neve…
  2. If you are not very clever, you should be conciliatory.
  3. Real politics are the possession and distribution of power.
  4. 'Diplomacy is the art of telling someone to go to hell and making them anticipate the trip.'
  5. The world is a wheel, and it will all come round right.
  6. A consistent soul believes in destiny, a capricious one in chance.
  7. As for our majority... one is enough.
  8. A sophistical rhetorician, inebriated with the exuberance of his own verbosity who can at all times command an interminable and inconsisten…

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  • politics
  • risk
  • gambling
  • uncertainty

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