Political Quotes
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President Obama has called for economic and political empowerment of women globally. The Equal Futures Partnership promotes removal of policy, legal, and regulatory barriers that hold women back at local, state and national levels.
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Political freedom cannot exist in any land where religion controls the state, and religious freedom cannot exist in any land where the state controls religion.
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In fact, for all kinds of offenses - and, for no offenses - from murders to misdemeanors, men and women are put to death without judge or jury; so that, although the political excuse was no longer necessary, the wholesale murder of human beings went on just the same.
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Political satire is a serious thing. In democratic newspapers throughout the world there are daily cartoons that often are not even funny, as is the case especially in many English-language newspapers. Instead, they contain a political message, and the artist takes full responsibility.
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We have to reform the entire political process. It's got to start with leadership by example.
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Lesbian humor isn't trying to sell anything, it doesn't have to sell out. Coming out as a lesbian onstage is still a very political act; if it weren't, more women would do it.
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The greatest power is not money power, but political power.
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Political leaders can help change the psychological climate which affects the quality of relationships among people.
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Across the continent, political divisions are deepening. For all of these reasons, the specter of a euro zone collapse has not been dispatched.
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For us democracy is a question of human dignity. And human dignity is political freedom.
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Unfortunately, too few women take the risk of running for political office or assuming positions of influence. As a result, our voices are not part of the conversation yet alone the final decision.
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There certainly is a lot of political pressure for states to adopt the new federal tax codes. But there is no law that requires them to do so.
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Filipinos are not worse than any other colonized people except that our colonization was a little longer, and the independence movement was always dictated in political terms, never in social ones. We borrowed terms, but we didn't understand them.
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A disordered currency is one of the greatest political evils.
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A war not only arises, but derives its nature, from the political ideas, the moral sentiments, and the international relations obtaining at the moment when it breaks out. This amounts to saying : try and know why and with the help of what you are going to act; then you will find out how to act.
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Media populism means appealing to people directly through media. A politician who can master the media can shape political affairs outside of parliament and even eliminate the mediation of parliament.
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I wasn't ever anybody who had a political thing against marriage, but I just thought, 'Why would I want to do that?'
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The purpose of the Senate is to keep 100 middle aged knuckleheads out of the private sector where they can do real harm.
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I don't have a political bone in my body.
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We will not agree on every issue. But let us respect those differences and respect one another. Let us recognize that we do not serve an ideology or a political party; we serve the people.
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If I was a political mercenary, I would be using my talents in another line of work.
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I am such a coward when it comes to political arguments. I tend to sort of recoil rather than engage.
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While some who downplay Christ's divinity have imagined Jesus as a great social worker 'being kind to old ladies, small dogs and little children,' orthodox Christianity has not wanted Jesus to have a political message.
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While liberals are leery of religious fundamentalism in general, they consistently imagine that all religions at their core teach the same thing and teach it equally well. This is one of the many delusions borne of political correctness.
