A plaque remaining from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem.

Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006.

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“A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government”
“A penny saved is a Congressional oversight”
“A person without data is just another person with an opinion”
“A politician is an animal which can sit on a fence and yet keep both ears to the ground”
“A politician is someone who will lay down your life for his country”
“A politician ought to be born a foundling and remain a bachelor”
“A politician thinks of the next election; a statesman of the next generation”
“A politician who’s poor is a poor politician”
“A safety net should be a trampoline as opposed to a hammock”
“A ship does not sail with yesterday’s wind” (political proverb)
“A statesman is a politician who is dead”
“A statesman is any politician it’s considered safe to name a school after”
“A tepid vote counts the same as a wildly enthusiastic vote”
“A vote for freedom is never wasted”
“A week is a long time in politics”
“A well-adjusted person is one who makes the same mistake twice without getting nervous”
“Agree with me on 9 of 12 issues, vote for me. Agree on 12 of 12, see a psychiatrist” (Ed Koch)
“Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms should be a convenience store, not a government agency”
“Alderman, your saloon is on fire!”
“All politics is local”
“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing”
“All the people who know how to run the country are busy driving taxicabs and cutting hair”
“All you need for happiness is a good gun, a good horse, and a good wife”
“America is great because she is good”
“America is the first nation in history founded on an idea”
“America will never be destroyed from the outside”
“America’s chickens are coming home to roost”
“America: The land where God saves and Satan invests” (anti-NRA slogan)
“American politics are played between the 40-yard lines”
“An armed society is a polite society”
“An elephant is a mouse built to government specifications”
“An empty stomach is not a good political adviser”
“An ignorant thief robs a freight-car. An educated thief steals the whole railroad.”
“An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than he knows”
“An utter waste is defined as a busload of lawyers going over a cliff with three empty seats”
“Anarchists of the world, unite!”
“Anarcho-Tyranny—the worst of both worlds”
“Anarchy is better than no government at all”
“Annoy a conservative—think for yourself”
“Annoy a liberal—work hard & be happy”
“Annoy a politician today—THINK”
“Any country with ‘democratic’ in the title isn’t”
“Any party which takes credit for the rain must take blame for the drought”
“As government expands, liberty contracts”
“As Maine goes, so goes the nation”
“Ash heap of history” ("Scrap heap of history,” “Garbage heap of history,” “Dustbin of history")
“Bad politicians are elected by good citizens who don’t vote”
“Be not afraid of any man, no matter what his size; when danger threatens, … I will equalize”
“Before I refuse to take your questions, I have an opening statement”
“Belt and suspenders” (conservative approach)
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