Quote of the day

POLITICIAN, n. An eel in the fundamental mud upon which the superstructure of organized society is reared. When he wriggles he mistakes the agitation of his tail for the trembling of the edifice. As compared with the statesman, he suffers the disadvantage of being alive.

Ambrose Bierce, ‘The Devil’s Dictionary’ (1948)

I once said cynically of a politician, “He’ll double-cross that bridge when he comes to it”.

Oscar Levant, ‘The Memoirs of an Amnesiac’ (1965)