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I love it. I will add to my list of favorite quotes. I am also interested by a full reference. thanx

• vijayr02 6y ago
  Thanks :) I think a more earthy way to express it is: politics is like a sausage factory; if you knew how the sausages were made, you wouldn't eat them!
  • KineticLensman 6y ago
    Which IIRC was said by Bismarck, the chancellor of Prussia
    • genocidicbunny 6y ago
      Wikiquote actually seems to indicate that this is mis-attributed to him [0] and that it was said by John Godfrey Saxe first. [0] https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Otto_von_Bismarck https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Otto_von_Bismarck
      • garmaine 6y ago
        ...which is a perfect example of the effect in question.