Politics is not about justice. It's about the settling of personal vendettas under a thin veneer of civilization. All politics is personal. (Cinda Williams Chima)

Politics is not about justice. It's about the settling of personal vendettas under a thin veneer of civilization. All politics is personal.

Cinda Williams Chima

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