Politicians - Growing? Swelling? Or a Little of Both?

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The average male gets his living by such depressing devices that boredom becomes a sort of natural state to him. – H.L. Mencken

Times have changed. Forty years ago people worked 12 hours a day and it was called economic security. Now they work 14 hours a day, and it’s called moonlighting. – Robert Orben

The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in its value. – Charles Dudley Warner

Every man who takes office in Washington either grows or swells, and when I give a man office I watch him carefully to see whether he is growing or swelling. – Woodrow Wilson

Maybe they call it take-home pay because there is no other place you can afford to go with it. – Franklin P. Jones

The brain is a wonderful organ; it starts working the moment you get up in the morning and doesn’t stop until you get into the office. – Robert Frost