"From politics, it was an easy step to silence." ― Jane Austen Topic(s): Politics More From Jane Austen "To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment." "A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of." "There are certainly not so many men of large fortune in the world, as there are pretty women to deserve them." More In Politics "I think politics come out of psychology."― Bruce Springsteen "To err is human. To blame someone else is politics."― Hubert H. Humphrey "When the body of the people is possessed of the supreme power, it is called a democracy."― Charles de Secondat