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Quotes from The Fine Art of Political Wit by Leon Harris — Adlai Stevenson II

1900–1965 United States

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A politician is a statesman who approaches every question with an open mouth.

The Fine Art of Political Wit by Leon Harris (1964)

An editor is someone who separates the wheat from the chaff and then prints the chaff.

The Fine Art of Political Wit by Leon Harris (1964)

The Republicans stroke platitudes until they purr like epigrams.

The Fine Art of Political Wit by Leon Harris (1964)

Nixon is the kind of politician who would cut down a redwood tree, then mount the stump for a speech on conservation.

The Fine Art of Political Wit by Leon Harris (1964)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Adlai Stevenson II (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.