A politician weakly and amiably in the right, is no match for a politician tenaciously and pugnaciously in the wrong. -Edwin P. Whipple

 

A politician weakly and amiably in the right, is no match for a politician tenaciously and pugnaciously in the wrong.


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This quote is just one of 9 total Edwin P. Whipple quotes in our collection. Edwin P. Whipple is known for saying 'A politician weakly and amiably in the right, is no match for a politician tenaciously and pugnaciously in the wrong.' as well as some of the following quotes.

An epigram often flashes light into regions where reason shines but dimly.

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In activity we must find our joy as well as glory; and labor, like everything else that is good, is its own reward.

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Cheerfulness in most cheerful people, is the rich and satisfying result of strenuous discipline.

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Irony is an insult conveyed in the form of a compliment.

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The wise men of old have sent most of their morality down the stream of time in the light skiff of apothegm and epigram.

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