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I felt for the tormented whirlwindsDamned for their carnal sinsCommitted when they let their passions rule their reason.

... the silenceHolds with its gloved handThe wild hawk of the mind.

For [W. B.] Yeats magic was not so much a kind of poetry as poetry a kind of magic, and the object of both alike was evocation of energies and knowledge from beyond normal consciousness.

Better poetry than riches, Better poverty than fortunes.

Things began happening with odd synchronicity, as if the universe itself was conspiring on behalf of their love story.

There is a difference between a poem and a writing incrusted with a feel of Poetry to fall within range

...yes, I am your priest, your magician, your lover - I make charms to incant your presence...

I was promised on a time To have reason for my rhyme From that time unto this season I received nor rhyme nor reason.

Poetry a criticism of life under the conditions fixed for such a criticism by the laws of poetic truth and poetic beauty.

Poetry is the impish attempt to paint the colour of the wind.

He who would trade liberty for some temporary security, deserves neither liberty nor security.

The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.

Politics: Poli a Latin word meaning many and tics meaning bloodsucking creatures.

Next to fried foods, the South has suffered most from oratory.

I hate politics, hate deals, and deal-making, hate meeting with attorneys and agents.

Members of Congress should be compelled to wear uniforms like NASCAR drivers, so we could identify their corporate sponsors.

Don't you get the idea I'm one of those goddam radicals. Don't get the idea I'm knocking the American system.

No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our history has determined the very existence of politics, the cause of freedom versus tyranny.

Opinion has caused more trouble on this little earth than plagues or earthquakes.

Politics are usually the executive expression of human immaturity.

It doesn't say anywhere in the Constitution this idea of the separation of church and state.

The mission of the United States is one of benevolent assimilation.

There is no monopoly on common sense on either side of the political fence.

Just as war is the natural consequence of monopoly, peace is the natural consequence of liberty.