1 The word ''politics '' first appeared in English around 1460, as the title of a book by Aristotle.
2 By the 16th century ''politics'' referred to the administration and organisation of the state.
3 Bolivia probably has the highest rate of political turnover with almost 200 government since 1825.
4 ''Since problems are the only excuse for government, solving them is out of the question, ____ P J O'Rourke.
5 ''Politician'' originally meant ''a schemer or plotter; a shrewd, sagacious or crafty person''.
6 ''One of the penalities for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors''___ Plato.
7 Italy has had more than 50 governments and more than 20 Prime Ministers since 1945.
8 Aristotle in his politics advised governors to ''have their friends for a great number of eyes, hands, ears, and legs,'' for one man cannot see o hear everything or be everywhere.
9 The word politics comes from Greek ''politika' meaning ''relating to public life''.
10 ''Get thee glass eyes and like scurvy politician, seem to see the things thou dost not'', ____ Shakespaere, King Lear.
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