Successful ... politicians are insecure and intimidated men. They adva…

Walter Lippmann
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Successful ... politicians are insecure and intimidated men. They advance politically only as they placate, appease, bribe, seduce, bamboozle or otherwise manage to manipulate the demanding and threatening elements in their constituencies. ✨ 1955 The Public Philosophy, ch.2, sect.4.
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