Political Quotes
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I cannot allow state government to continue to be consumed by this game of political 'gotcha.'
Ernie Fletcher
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We must acknowledge that we made a huge error in satisfying the lowest common denominator of the available human potential in Nigeria and we elevated what I call the reign of mediocrity. Quite frankly, I think it is about repudiating the past, creating space for new thinking for the best of the new generation, creating both political and geographical space and going at it with single mindedness that says, 'enough of buttering, sentiments and massaging the ego of the old brigade'.
Wole Soyinka
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When the President does it, that means that it's not illegal.
Richard M. Nixon
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I'm a bit too old for anarchy. If I was younger I might be more political but I'm married with kids and I've got a mortgage.
Ben Eine
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Anytime you've got something that can take you into the political realm then you've opened up the conversation a lot.
Steven Soderbergh
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I'm in bed, so to speak, more with those people who consider themselves atheists but who are concerned about the same things, ideas, and politics I'm concerned with than those who claim to be religious in the same way that I am but have no interest in the political reorganization of society, which needs to be talked about from the pulpit.
Michael Eric Dyson
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In political administration, no problem is ever simple. It can never be reduced to the question whether a certain measure is good or not.
Napoleon Bonaparte
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There is little place in the political scheme of things for an independent, creative personality, for a fighter. Anyone who takes that role must pay a price.
Shirley Chisholm
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The stuff that I've been doing lately is political. It's not always about people who are super famous movie stars. The fact that people are still taking a chance and listening to the blacklist episodes is really exciting.
Karina Longworth
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There once was this powerful, both capital and political, class who cared about supporting and affirming a solid middle class in this country.
Ethan Canin
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In 2017, there was a sudden recognition of several adverse societal consequences of information technology, from job losses due to automation to manipulation of public opinion, with significant political consequences.
Moshe Vardi
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I'm running for Governor because we need a political outsider to move Missouri forward.
Eric Greitens
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Any politician who can be elected only by turning Americans against other Americans is too dangerous to be elected.
Thomas Sowell
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In my case I've never not been political, though religion tended to overshadow it in my acid days.
John Lennon The Beatles
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All art is political, all art is a martial one.
William C. Brown
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In a time of constrained resources we will have to shift emphasis. but not necessarily from the traditional Political Officer to the traditional Economic Officer.
Lawrence Eagleburger
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So much of politics is about the daily grind of political business: the people to see, the myriad different facets of government, the remorseless agenda of this part of the media or that.
Tony Blair
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Decide on some imperfect Somebody and you will win, because the truest truism in politics is: You can't beat Somebody with Nobody.
William Lewis Safir
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Any country is hard to govern, even a very small country. It's not a question of whether the country is large or small. It's a question of how you relate to the work, to what extent you feel responsible for it. Russia is also hard to govern. Russia is at the development stage of both its political system and the creation of a market-based economy. It's a complicated process, but very interesting. Russia, actually, is not just a large country, it's a great country. I mean its traditions, and its cultural particularities.
Vladimir Putin
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I can't imagine myself outside any kind of social or political involvement.
Jose Saramago
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I would describe myself as outspoken. Not political. Outspoken about what I want to say. There are things that need to be said... and I think it's my obligation to say them.
Benjamin Clementine
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There are two problems in my life. The political ones are insoluble and the economic ones are incomprehensible.
Alec Douglas-Home
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From the viewpoint of political power, culture is absolutely vital. So vital, indeed, that power cannot operate without it. It is culture, in the sense of the everyday habits and beliefs of a people, which beds power down, makes it appear natural and inevitable, turns it into spontaneous reflex and response.
Terry Eagleton
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I had no intention of returning into the British political debate, really at all, even though I've obviously got very strong views on it, until Brexit happened, because I think Brexit is a destiny-changing decision for my country.
Tony Blair