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"What arouses the indignation of the honest satirist is not, unless the man is a prig, the fact that people in positions of power or influence behave idiotically, or even that they behave wickedly. It is that they conspire successfully to impose upon the public a picture of themselves as so very sagacious, honest and well-intentioned."
- Cockburn, Claud

<blockquote><a href="http://quotationsbook.com/quote/35008">What arouses the indignation of the honest satirist is not, unless the man is a prig, the fact that people in positions of power or influence behave idiotically, or even that they behave wickedly. It is that they conspire successfully to impose upon the public a picture of themselves as so very sagacious, honest and well-intentioned.</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/author/1591/">Cockburn, Claud</a> on <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/subject/sarcasm/">Sarcasm</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotationsbook.com">Quotations Book</a>

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