Politics is not a game for naive thinkers. You may go in as an idealist, but you certainly won't come out as one. (Honeysuckle Weeks)

Politics is not a game for naive thinkers. You may go in as an idealist, but you certainly won't come out as one.

Honeysuckle Weeks

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