But if we of politicos make use, And to their clamour lend approving smile, We may while coolly thrusting them aside, Meet with the thoughtless world's approving nod.
"'A Comedy of Errors' in Seven Acts"
Spokeshave (AKA Old Fogy)
By looking into the past we have been able to get an idea, however vague, of the process by which the city came into being, and just as we thought, it came into being at the hands of master politicos and men of the cloth as a means of abandoning agricultural labor, skillfully plundering the fruits of the farmers' labor, and achieving idleness and gluttony.
"Down-with-the-Cities"
Nakashima, Tadashi
Big shot politicos get sweaty palms at the thought of fat bribes because as long as they have money they can feed great numbers of hangers-on and wield great power.
"Down-with-the-Cities"
Nakashima, Tadashi