"Politics is the only game for adults"

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I just saw this attributed to Kennedy, but it probably comes from Heinlein.
Does Fred have it?
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_The Downtown Wars_
(http://sohopolitics.blogspot.com/2006/04/downtown-wars.html)      11 hours ago by D. Clark MacPherson
As John F. Kennedy once said, "Politics is the only game for  adults." And,
that
is just as true at the Community Board as it is  on the national scene. Only
the
players and the objectives are  different. For Board members, there is ...
_soho  Politics -  http://sohopolitics.blogspot.com_
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_Shadow of the Hegemon_
(http://demosthenes.blogspot.com/2002/05/26-hits.html)      As Robert A. Heinlein said "Politics is the  only game for adults. The
only one. All the rest are for children".  posted by Demosthenes at 8:50 AM ...
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_So when will the Enron mess and Afghanistan  intersect?_
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... (Maybe) A politically active friend  of mine likes to repeat something he
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to Talleyrand:  Politics is the only game for  adults. ...
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_WHEELS  OF INDUSTRY; Item _
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Life (1883-1936). New York:  Dec 1935. Vol. 102, Iss. 2609; p. 8 (1 page)
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A closing ugly note to our visit was the new game for adults called  Politics.
_alt.war.civil.usa_
(http://groups.google.com/group/alt.war.civil.usa?lnk=sg&hl=en)  -  Feb 14 2002, 6:20 pm by omphaloskepsis - 58 messages - 27 authors

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