A Quote by Arthur Miller

Whether for good or evil, it is sadly inevitable that all political leadership requires the artifices of theatrical illusion. In the politics of a democracy, the shortest distance between two points is often a crooked line.

Arthur Miller

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Arthur Miller
American - Playwright
October 17, 1915 - February 10, 2005

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