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• Firmness in politics is called obstinacy anywhere else.
• Politics is a nice name for something which otherwise would be called the law of the jungle.
• Asset: A very small donkey.
• In politics, he gives twice who gives soon, since he will be called upon quickly to give again.
• A donkey will sink in quicksand but a mule won't.
• Firmness of delivery dates is inversely proportional to tightness of schedule.
  -- Robin's Law of Delivery...
• Then there is the man who found the donkey with the IQ of 141.
  The poor donkey has no friends, since no one likes a smart ass....
• The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one often comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't.
  -- Herbert Henry Lehma...
• The way to get more mules is to mate a male donkey with a female horse.