Well-intentioned men don’t run for office any more! They have too much sense to expose themselves to assassination, and only delusible idiots like ou… - John Brunner

only delusible idiots like our current chief executive can be persuaded to don the robes of high office. Nice guys don’t crave power.)

Cham Loc knew little of affairs of state, but he was aware that whenever politicians talked about matters of inflexible principle, life was scheduled to become even more difficult that usual.

(UNFAIR Term applied to advantages enjoyed by other people which we tried to cheat them out of and didn’t manage. See also DISHONESTY, SNEAKY, UNDERHAND and JUST LUCKY I GUESS. — The Hipcrime Vocab by Chad C. Mulligan)

I always wondered what democracy might smell like.