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“Politics, it seems to me, for years, or all too long, has been concerned with right or left instead of right or wrong.”

“In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant.”

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Author:Charles de Gaulle

“In 302, the Roman emperor Diocletian commanded "there should be cheapness," declaring, "Unprincipled greed appears wherever our armies ... march. ... Our law shall fix a measure and a limit to this greed." The predictable result of Diocletian's food price controls were black markets, hunger and food confiscation by his soldiers. Despite the disastrous history of price controls, politicians never manage to resist tampering with prices -- that's not a flattering observation of their learning abilities.”

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Author:Walter E. Williams

“The actions of my government are not bearable. They devastate our natural resources and deprive our people. The politicians speak piously while practicing greed and divisiveness; they care nothing for the nation. I want to do more than withdraw my support. I want to tar and feather them.”

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Author:Donella Meadows

“If the oncoming mutation to interstellar immortality is screwed up by the politicians, it will be because those of us who see the opportunities in modern science are not adroit enough to outmaneuver the forces of inertia, stupidity and greed. Well, if we're not intelligent enough to overcome such obstacles, then we don't deserve to carry off the mutation at this stage of evolution.”

“It is amazing how many of the intelligentsia call it "greed" to want to keep what you have earned, but not greed to want to take away what somebody else has earned, and let politicians use it to buy votes.”

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Author:Thomas Sowell

“Aren't you tired of these career politicians on the left side of the aisle moralizing about the greed of the 'wealthy' when these same politicians habitually buy votes with borrowed dollars? Who are they to lecture those who actually produce and contribute to the economy?”

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Author:David Limbaugh

“Whenever a man has cast a longing eye on offices, a rottenness begins in his conduct.”

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Book:Light and Liberty: Reflections on the Pursuit of Happiness

Source: Light and Liberty: Reflections on the Pursuit of Happiness

“I'm against American corporations buying politicians to remove limits to greed, capitalizing on other people's misery, actively creating misery on which to capitalize, "financializing" every moment of our enslaved lives. Then when China or somebody takes over, then it will be [them] doing those things that I'll be against.”

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Author:Greg Saunier

“Leadership is a privilege to better the lives of others. It is not an opportunity to satisfy personal greed.”

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Author:Mwai Kibaki

“Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.”

Source: The Devil's Dictionary: Easyread Super Large 18pt Edition

“We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.”