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• Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.
  -- Plato (428-348? B.C.)...
• Be kind to your inferiors, if you can find any.
• If you can discover a better way of life than office-holding for your future rulers, a well-governed city becomes a possibility.
  For only in such a state will those rule who are truly rich, not in gold, but in the wealth that makes happiness--a good and wise life....
• Never let your inferiors do you a favor--it will be extremely costly. -- H. L. Mencke
• The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun. -- R. Buckminster Fulle
• The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun. -- Buckminster Fulle
• The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun. BUCKMINSTER FULLER
• Vote as an individual; lemmings end up falling off cliffs.
  Camaraderie is no substitute for common sense, and being your own man will make you sleep better....