Wednesday's Quotation

I don't really buy the notion that all politicians are evil or crooks, but there's definitely truth in this statement from the great Irish novelist Jonathan Swift (1667-1745):

"...whoever could make two ears of corn, or
two blades of grass, to grow upon a spot of
ground where only one grew before, would
deserve better of mankind, and do more
essential service to his country, than the
whole race of politicians put together."