“The short memories of the American voters is what keeps our politicians in office.”
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American humorist and entertainer 1879–1935Related quotes

“You politicians remain professional because the voters remain amateur.”

“The proper memory for a politician is one that knows what to remember and what to forget.”
Vol. II, bk. 4, ch. 2.
Recollections (1917)

"Ex-president says Polish politicians are poorly paid" in Polskie Radio https://www.polskieradio.pl/395/7784/Artykul/2786822,Expresident-says-Polish-politicians-are-poorly-paid (10 August 2021)

“African American voters are voting in just as high a percentage as Americans.”
Source: "Virginia congressman blasts McConnell for comment on voters of color" https://edition.cnn.com/2022/01/20/politics/mcconnell-voters-of-color-criticism-mceachin/index.html, CNN, January 21 2022

Source: Pre-1960, Profiles in Courage (1956), p. 15
Source: Son of a Witch

Source: Academy Series - Priscilla "Hutch" Hutchins, Odyssey (2006), Chapter 4 (p. 31)

"Bring Back the Death Penalty. Bring Back Our Police!" http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.1838466.1403324800!/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/article_970/trump21n-1-web.jpg An advert taken out by Trump in the New York Daily News and other newspapers in the wake of the arrests of the Central Park Five (whose convictions were eventually vacated once the real perpetrator was identified in 2002) (1 May 1989)
1980s

Ranking "the 20 best political films of the past two decades" in "The Big Picture: Roger Ebert" in MotherJones (May/June 1996) http://www.motherjones.com/arts/film/1996/05/ebert.html