A Statesman Is An Easy Man, He Tells His Lies By Rote

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A statesman is an easy man,
He tells his lies by rote;
A journalist makes up his lies
And takes you by the throat;
So stay at home and drink your beer
And let the neighbors vote.
-- William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) "The Old Stone Cross" (1938)

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