Politics
He entered politics in 1855 when he petitioned the common council to curb open-stream pollution caused by local slaugherhouses. Burr stated that the pollution caused cholera to enter the streams, causing three deaths—including that of his son.
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Famous quotes containing the word politics:
“We are naïve and moralistic women. We are human beings. Who find politics a blight upon the human condition. And do not know how one copes with it except through politics.”
—Kate Millett (b. 1934)
“A baby changes your dinner party conversation from politics to poops.”
—Maurice Johnstone (20th century)
“All is politics in this capital.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)