{"id":4921,"date":"2004-07-26T18:57:24","date_gmt":"2004-07-26T22:57:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2004\/07\/26\/o-politics-o-pshaw\/"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:58:35","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:58:35","slug":"o-politics-o-pshaw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/07\/26\/o-politics-o-pshaw\/","title":{"rendered":"o, politics! o, pshaw!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a name='a1868'><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<P>&nbsp;<\/P><br \/>\n<P><FONT size=\"2\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/quotationmarksleft.gif\" alt=\"quote marks left\" \/><\/FONT><\/P><br \/>\n<P dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">It&#8217;s <A href=\"http:\/\/www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk\/Jshaw.htm\">George Bernard Shaw<\/A>&#8216;s birthday (b. July 26, 1856).&nbsp; If&nbsp;George were covering the political conventions this week and next month,&nbsp; I bet&nbsp;he&#8217;d toss a few pointed barbs.&nbsp; We&#8217;ve complied some of our favorite Shaw quotations for you <A href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/stories\/storyReader$1869\">here<\/A>. <\/FONT><\/P><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DT><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\">For example:<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<UL><br \/>\n<LI><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\">&#8220;He knows nothing; and he thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career.&#8221;<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<LI><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\">&#8220;Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.&#8221; <\/FONT><\/DIV><\/LI><\/UL><\/DT><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE>&nbsp;<\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT color=\"red\"><STRONG><EM>p.s.<\/EM><\/STRONG><\/FONT>&nbsp;<FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"> Speaking of famous quipsters, where is our paronomastic <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/declarationsandexclusions.typepad.com\/foolblog\/\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">Fool<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">?<\/FONT><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; It&#8217;s George Bernard Shaw&#8216;s birthday (b. 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