Politicians are employees of ours

from Clint Eastwood – Republican National Convention Speech (August 30, 2012) Lyrics on Rap Genius

Eastwood shows himself as a liberal in the tradition of Benjamin Constant, who defended representative government (“modern” democracy) by quipping that “poor men look after their own affairs, rich men hire stewards.” Politicians are employees, and ought to be held accountable, though politics is far too undignified an activity to merit wasting on our time on direct participation.

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