Never pick a fight...buys ink by the barrel; Politics is the art of the possible

[Fred Shapiro]

On Wed, 18 May 2005 Bapopik at AOL.COM wrote:

> "NEVER PICK A FIGHT WITH SOMEONE WHO BUYS INK BY THE BARREL"
> ...
>      _North Hills News Record _
> (http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Viewer.aspx?img=4uFNimLMxoSKID/6NLMW2ko3dX40so6fMzyzfHF4wiKfsKzTu9uQpkIF+CsZYmrz)  Monday,
> October 12, 1992 _North Hills,_

This goes back to 1985 on Nexis, attributed to some Republican named
William I. Greener and often referred to as "Greener's Law."

Fred Shapiro

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