Why is it that, if Satan and Beelzebub were nominated as the official candidates and the Archangel Gabriel stood as an independent, the Archangel would have no chance of being elected ? For that is the fact, strange as it may seem. ... We have the politicians we deserve.
Source: On politician (written in Dec. 16, 1931 and pub. in Mortals and Others, v.1, 1975
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