The career of a politician mainly consists in making one part of the nation do what it does not want to do, in order to please and satisfy the other part of the nation.
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This quote is just one of 9 total Auberon Herbert quotes in our collection. Auberon Herbert is known for saying 'The career of a politician mainly consists in making one part of the nation do what it does not want to do, in order to please and satisfy the other part of the nation.' as well as some of the following quotes.
If you tie a man's hands there is nothing moral about his not committing murder.
How, then, can the rights of three men exceed the rights of two men? In what possible way can the rights of three men absorb the rights of two men, and make them as if they had never existed.
If we cannot by reason, by influence, by example, by strenuous effort, and by personal sacrifice, mend the bad places of civilization, we certainly cannot do it by force.
If government half a century ago had provided us with all our dinners and breakfasts, it would be the practice of our orators today to assume the impossibility of our providing for ourselves.
This quote is just one of 9 total Auberon Herbert quotes in our collection. Auberon Herbert is known for saying 'The career of a politician mainly consists in making one part of the nation do what it does not want to do, in order to please and satisfy the other part of the nation.' as well as some of the following quotes.