Politics: The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.
Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles.
Vote: The instrument and symbol of a freeman's power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country.
Alliance: In international politics, the union of two thieves who have their hands so deeply inserted in each other's pocket that they cannot separately plunder a third.
Peace: In international affairs, a period of cheating between two periods of fighting.
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