• A hypocrite is the kind of politician who would cut down a redwood tree, then mount the stump and make a speech for conservation.

    Adlai E. Stevenson: A hypocrite is the kind of politician who would cut down a redwood tree, then mount the stump and make a speech for conservation.
    "Mark Souder: The Hypocrisy of the Hypocrite" by Diana Butler Bass, www.beliefnet.com. May 18, 2010.