You can lead a bureaucrat to water, but you can't make him think.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
When people are dying, bureaucracy should be thrown out of the water.
You don't have to be a political genius to sniff the smell of blood in the water.
Do you know the phrase, 'The word 'water' will not wet you?' It's one thing to write down an idea and another thing entirely to execute it.
I need to think about 'Make sure you drink your water.' That's the kind of person I am.
For the bureaucrat, the world is a mere object to be manipulated by him.
Water's about everything. And when the federal government controls water, it controls everything - that's the problem.
In America, they say, you can take a horse to the pond, but you can't make him drink. My way is different. I only take the horse to the pond to make him drink. If he doesn't, I'll cut his head off.
You can lead a horse to water, but a pencil must be led.
You can't vote that water out of the city of New Orleans.
You can lead a man to Congress, but you can't make him think.