vulgar-spoken

Updated: May 21, 2025

The methods are of the class known colloquially among the vulgar-spoken American politicians as "pussyfooting" and "log-rolling"; but always with such circumstance of magnitude, authenticity and well-bred deference to precedent, as to give the resulting routine of subreption, trover and conversion, an air not only of benevolent consideration but of austere morality.

Thorstein Veblen - An Inquiry Into The Nature Of Peace And The Terms Of Its Perpetuation