“Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress but I repeat myself.”– Mark Twain Related Quotes “For a person who promised hope and civility in politics, Mr. Obama has shown a borderline obsessiveness in blaming Mr. Bush.”– Karl Rove “Inauthenticity is endemic in American politics today. The political backrooms where I spent much of my career were just as benighted as my personal life, equally crowded with shadowy strangers and compromises, truths I hoped to deny. I lived not in one closet but in many.”– James McGreevey “Life without liberty is like a body without spirit.”– Khalil Gibran