Gilbert Keith Chesterton, J. P. Morgan, Oscar Levant

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"For good or evil, a line has been passed in our political history; and

something that we have known all our lives is dead. I will take only one

example of it: our politicians can no longer be caricatured."

-- Gilbert Keith Chesterton

(1874-1936) British essayist, critic, poet, and novelist

Source: Illustrated London News, 1923

http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Gilbert.Keith.Chesterton.Quote.9D5B

 

 

"A man always has two reasons for what he does --

a good one, and the real one."

-- J. P. Morgan

[John Pierpont Morgan] (1837-1913) Tycoon

http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/J..P..Morgan.Quote.7059

 

 

"I once said cynically of a politician,

'He'll doublecross that bridge when he comes to it.'"

-- Oscar Levant

(1906-1972)

http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Oscar.Levant.Quote.0884