Politics is the art of making your selfish desires seem like the natio…

Thomas Sowell
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Politics is the art of making your selfish desires seem like the national interest. ✨ Thomas Sowell (2013). Ever Wonder Why?: and Other Controversial Essays, p.328, Hoover Press
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