#artie

When the business interests... pushed through the first installment of civil service reform in 1883, they expected that they would be able to control both political parties equally. ↗

— Carroll Quigley

#both #business #civil #civil service #control

Funny you mention my dinner parties when I have just suggested that inviting close friends over to share a meal with candlelight and wine at your table could be a form of religious experience for some people. To me it's a form of sacrament. ↗

— Sally Quinn

#close #close friends #could #dinner #dinner parties

Then you get to the last half of the 20th century, Americans are getting very skeptical about their leaders and their institutions, and another place that is affected is parties and conventions. ↗

— Michael Beschloss

#about #affected #another #century #conventions

I do not believe in self-proclaimed parties. ↗

— Ernest Mandel

#i #i do #parties

I just love making a fool out of myself. I made my living as a clown at kids' parties for about three years. ↗

— Hugh Jackman

#clown #fool #i #just #kids

It takes two hands to clap! I cannot be solely blamed for what happened in my relationships! If things soured, it happened because of both parties. Not just me! ↗

— Akshay Kumar

#blamed #both #cannot #clap #hands

Abstention means you stayed at home or went to the beach. By casting a blank vote, you're saying you have a political conscience but you don't agree with any of the existing parties. ↗

— Jose Saramago

#agree #any #beach #blank #casting

The citizen parties, by an absolute majority, elected a National Socialist Government. ↗

— Fritz Sauckel

#citizen #elected #government #majority #national

Vote counting and ballot collecting does not occur in the light of day. There are too many occasions when observers and opposing parties lose contact with the ballots. ↗

— Bob Schaffer

#ballots #collecting #contact #counting #day

'The Mark' I played a psychiatrist. And in the '50's everybody went to a psychiatrist because if you didn't, you'd have nothing to talk about at cocktail parties. ↗

— Rod Steiger

#because #cocktail #everybody #i #mark