A Quote by Henry Adams
Politics, as a practise, whatever its professions, has always been the systematic organization of hatreds.
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Politics, as a practice, whatever its profession, has always been the systematic organization of hatreds.
Politics... have always been the systematic organization of hatreds.
Politics is simply the organization of hatreds.
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