"An honest politician is one who, when he is bought, will stay bought."
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Simon Cameron
(1799-1889) United States Secretary of War for Abraham Lincoln from 1861 to 1862
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 -- Anonymous      
too sad, too true
 -- Mike, Norwalk     
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    An honest politician lets it be known who bought him.
     -- Jack, Green, OH     
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    Jack, I like it
     -- Mike, Norwalk     
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    Nothing to add to Cameron and Jack. I'm not so sure it is all that sad, however, as long as everybody gets to buy on equal terms and everybody knows the rules.
     -- Ken, Allyn, WA     
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     -- Anonymous, Reston, VA US      
     -- Elchin Gohn, Midland, Texas      
    Honesty and politician appears so diametrically opposed this quote doesn't lead me to any interpretive conclusion.
     -- Fredrick William Sillik, Anytown     
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