Bernard Crick Quotes
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'I can't get no satisfaction,' in political terms, has haunted Hungarian politics for 20 years.
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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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The famous convention of 1787 met in Philadelphia to define the additional powers needed to enable Congress to do its job effectively. Instead, the convention proposed a brand new national government.
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Politics is the one field you don't age out of.
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And on the other hand, we see that the Israeli government is attacking that part of the Palestinian leader.
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I follow politics very closely. I read several newspapers every day.
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I don't decide my politics based on the flavour of the month.
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The Democrats are the party that says government will make you smarter, taller, richer, and remove the crabgrass on your lawn. The Republicans are the party that says government doesn't work and then they get elected and prove it.
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People listen to me, and they hear about a government they want, a government... that will cut spending, cut taxes, that will focus on private-sector job creation.
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My hope is that the Chinese government will come to realise that it is futile to repress free speech, and that contrary to what they believe a regime's strength rests not its suppression of a plurality of opinions and ideas, but in its capacity and willingness to encourage them.
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We are angry about paying the highest income taxes and property taxes in the nation and getting less and less for it. We are angry about our incompetent, dysfunctional government that pays no attention to the desires of the people. We are angry about the cesspool of corruption and conflicts of interests and self-dealing that is Albany.
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I will never retire from politics, the revolution, or the ideas I have.
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If necessary, Italy is prepared to fight against Islamic State in Libya because the Italian government cannot accept a terrorist danger in power just a few hours away from Italy by boat.
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As Assistant Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, a constant concern for me is having our veterans dragged into partisan politics.
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I also helped write the five-page statement of principles that Civic Forum issued in late November. That was the first public expression of what the new government wanted to do.
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When I went off to the army when I was 17 years old, I believed in America and the rights of freedom. But today I believe my government is lying to the American people and that my president, George Bush, is a criminal.
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I was always the new kid, and I got to know the language and the politics of being on the outside, looking in. Never being in the clique - always being a student of the clique, a subversive, and I could look around and identify the other guys who were excluded.
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When I came into politics I always thought there was a possibility I would be killed.
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We're in a state of conflict with the Government. Either we are going to jail or we're going to win.
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You either get better, or you don't progress.
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When in doubt, wear what you want to wear. Not what you think the dress code is.
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Stress is the reason for crime and all other kinds of frustration. To relieve it will eliminate everything else.
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When people say to me less is more I reply, 'More is more'.
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Where government is impossible, politics is impossible.
