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Politicians only get to the top because they have no qualifications to detain them at the bottom.
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As quoted in International Celebrity Register (1959) Cleveland Amory
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Variant: People who reach the top of the tree are only those who haven't got the qualifications to detain them at the bottom.

 

Peter Ustinov

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Bertrand Russell

 

I venture to claim two qualifications for the great office which I hold, which to my mind, without making invidious distinctions, is one of the most important that can be held by any Englishman; and those qualifications are that in the first place I believe in the British Empire, and in the second place I believe in the British race. I believe that the British race is the greatest of the governing races that the world has ever seen.

 

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The last time I ever witnessed a movement that had these qualifications: (1) a totally monolithic movement with a single point of view and a single authoritarian head; (2) replete with fanatical followers who are prepared and programmed to do anything their master says; (3) supplied by absolutely unlimited funds; (4) with a hatred of everyone on the outside; (5) with suspicion of parents, against their parents -- the last movement that had those qualifications was the Nazi youth movement, and I'll tell you, I'm scared.

 

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I came from the bottom of the bottom. It’s hard for a lot of people to comprehend my story – a lot of people just don’t get me because they haven’t experienced it. I came from the bottom and I have risen up and I have changed but I have never forgotten.

 

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We're not Republican or Democrat. We won't fold into one party or the other. We're a tax-paying party that can make a difference and a party of normal people who want change. Bigger government and higher taxes is not working. Right now we're at a real crossroads to make change, and the bottom line is there's never been so much disdain for politicians.

 

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