Monday, September 13, 2010

Comparing Politicians to a Plumber

"My dear fellow," wrote Robert Louis Stevenson in his last days to a young relative engaged in a hot political canvass, "politics is a vile and bungling business.  I used to think meanly of the plumber; but he shines in comparison with the politician."

Source:  The Pittsburgh Press, 12 Jul 1896

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