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• Those who express random thoughts to legislative committees are often surprised and appalled to find themselves the instigators of law.
  -- Mark B. Cohe...
• The more qualified candidates who are available, the more likely the compromise will be on the candidate whose main qualification is a non-threatening incompetence.
  -- Mark B. Cohe...
• Victory goes to the candidate with the most accumulated or contributed wealth who has the financial sources to convince the middle class and poor that he will be on their side.
  -- Mark B. Cohe...
• Power attracts people but it cannot hold them. -- Mark B. Cohe
• There are many inside dopes in politics and government. -- Mark B. Cohe
• Political power is as permanent as today's newspaper.
  Ten years from now, few will know or care who the most powerful man in any state was today....
• Courses of action which run only to be justified in terms of practicality ultimately prove destructive and impractical.
  -- Mark B. Cohe...
• Nothing can so alienate a voter from the political system as backing a winning candidate.
  -- Mark B. Cohe...