All political power is primarily an illusion... Mirrors and blue smoke, beautiful blue smoke rolling over the surface of highly polished mirrors, first a thin veil of blue smoke, then a thick cloud, that suddenly dissolves into wisps of blue smoke, the mirrors catching it all, bouncing it back and forth.

Jimmy Breslin

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Political power Politics

Author

Jimmy Breslin

Source

How the Good Guys Won

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1975 1970s 20th century

Occupation

Journalist Writer

From

United States

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Breslin, Jimmy. How the Good Guys Finally Won: Notes from an Impeachment Summer. Viking Press, 1975, ch. 2.

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