Wit is the opiate of politics. (political aphorisms) (column)

U.S. News & World Report | November 26, 1990| | Copyright

The off-year elections were also an off year for those of us who collect aphorisms. Normally, even the most woeful campaign will churn up a few memorable adages, maxims or allegedly immutable laws. Who can forget "If you've seen one slum, you've seen them all" (Spiro Agnew's update of "A rose is a rose") or Eugene McCarthy on congressional reform: "If you purify the pond, the water lilies die"? McCarthy's First Law of Politics, "Never say anything in a national campaign that anyone might remember," was obviously far ahead of its time.

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