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The ordinary politician has a very low estimate of human nature. In his daily life he comes into contact chiefly with persons who want to get something or to avoid something.

Source: The New Congress, in New York Herald Tribune (8 Dec 1931; repr. in The Essential Lippman, pt. 3, sct. 6, 1982).
-- Walter Lippmann, (Sep 23 1889-1974), US journalist, editor, author; He won Pulitzers 1958, 1962, for his syndicated column, Today and Tomorrow.

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