Hilaire Belloc Quotes on Politics
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It is sometimes necessary to lie damnably in the interests of the nation.
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Here richly, with ridiculous display, The Politician's corpse was laid away. While all of his acquaintance sneered and slanged I wept: for I had longed to see him hanged.
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Torture will give a dozen pence or more To keep a drab from bawling at his door. The public taste is quite a different thing- Torture is positively paid to sing.
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An institute run with such knavish imbecility that if it were not the work of God it would not last a fortnight.
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The accursed power which stands on Privilege (And goes with Women, and Champagne, and Bridge) Broke- and Democracy resumed her reign: (Which goes with Bridge, and Women and Champagne).