Murray Kempton Quotes
A political convention is just not a place where you come away with any trace of faith in human nature.
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If it wasn't for what goes on in the world of politics, we wouldn't really have much of a show.
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I think bad politics are incredibly dangerous, so it's important to make sure that people are communicating well. Culture and morale are super important. It's best to not force it, but let it happen organically and genuinely.
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When I first ran, being a woman in politics was seen as both a negative and also a positive. You could attract more women voters, but on the other hand, a lot of men wouldn't vote for you.
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I'm a novelist, a critic, an essayist - I tend to see politics as a subset of cultures rather than the other way around. It's a human enterprise, a tool or a technology revealing our collective inner self.
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The 'democracy gap' in our politics and elections spells a deep sense of powerlessness by people who drop out, do not vote, or listlessly vote for the 'least worst' every four years and then wonder why after every cycle the 'least worst' gets worse.
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Politics are usually the executive expression of human immaturity.
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Unity in faith is theocracy; unity in politics is fascism.
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America's present need is not heroics but healing; not nostrums but normalcy; not revolution but restoration.
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Hell, I never vote for anybody, I always vote against.
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Politics and government are certainly among the most important of practical human interests.
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We need more of the Office Desk and less of the Show Window in politics. Let men in office substitute the midnight oil for the limelight.
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Bangalore now wants a person who doesn't only play politics. Bangalore needs a problem solver, and I am a problem solver. I will be the bridge between Bangalore and the Centre.
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To embrace Hindutva is to embrace an obscurantist, backward looking, divisive ideology that seeks to polarise society through identity politics.
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Mediocrity in politics is not to be despised. Greatness is not needed.
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Enter politics, and you enter the glass house; there are no secrets and no places to hide.
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So often, literature about African people is conflated with literature about African politics, as if the state were somehow of greater import or interest than the individual.
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I wanted to be a senator from Illinois. I was obsessed with politics. My dad was friends with a lot of local politicians, so I would hang out with them on Election Day and hand out buttons. Somehow, even though they were opposite, I loved Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton. I thought they were the coolest guys!
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Politics swings like a pendulum.
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People don't care anymore because they don't believe in us; they don't trust us. And that's why we should change politics, not just accept the cynical frame that, 'Well, that's just politics.'
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The gym is where I get my chill-out time. I try to go six days a week, but when I'm working, that goes down to about three.
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But I think it is always difficult to have high expectations of yourself or anyone else.
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Health care's not about insurance! Health care's about getting treatment.
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A political convention is just not a place where you come away with any trace of faith in human nature.
