Politics

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Plot

Crime runs rampant in Lake City and the corrupt mayor is running for another term of office. It appears as though he will win until the disgusted women of the town back homebody Hattie Burns to run against him.

Cast

Marie Dressler as Hattie Burns

Polly Moran as Ivy Higgins

Roscoe Ates as Peter Higgins

Karen Morley as Myrtle Burns

William Bakewell as Benny Emerson

John Miljan as Jim Curango

Joan Marsh as Daisy Evans

Tom McGuire as Mayor Tom Collins

Kane Richmond as Nifty Morgan

Mary Alden as Mrs. Mary Evans

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Notable quotes

“He who thus considers things in their first growth and origin, whether a state or anything else, will obtain the clearest view of them.”
— Aristotle, Politics: The Polis (350BCE)
“The true destiny of America is religious, not political: it is spiritual, not physical.”
— in Ensign (November 1968)
“Politics is nothing but common action to secure more favorable living conditions.”
— H. Beam Piper, Last Enemy (1950), reprinted in The Complete Paratime, , p. 81
“A leader has to lead, or otherwise he has no business in politics.”
— Harry Truman, reported in Merle Miller, Plain Speaking: An Oral Biography of Harry S. Truman (1974), p. 422.
“Every time I fill a vacant office I make ten malcontents and one ingrate.”
— Molière, quoting Louis XIV, Siècle de Louis Quatorze.
“Politics is a fascinating game, because politics is government. It is the art of government.”
— Harry S. Truman.—William Hillman, Mr. President: The First Publication from the Personal Diaries, Private Letters, Papers and Revealing Interviews of Harry S. Truman, p. 198 (1952).

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