Political Quotes

On the recordFebruary 13, 2013
The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.
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Andy Harris
Republican · Maryland

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Harris critiques the media and administration's doomsday predictions about the environment.

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