Politics Quotes
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A journalist covering politics, most of us are aware of the necessity to try to be sure we're unbiased in our reporting. That's one of the fundamentals of good journalism.
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I follow politics very closely. I read several newspapers every day.
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I'm not in the business of politics.
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I had the good fortune to be able to take a course with Margaret Mead. I had a fabulous art course, where it was explained to me that nothing exists in a vacuum, that everything is a result of the period in which it's done - the economics, the sociology, the politics, all sewn together. That was a very important lesson.
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Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom; and a great empire and little minds go ill together.
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I came into politics by accident. I may go out of politics by accident.
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Politics should share one purpose with religion: the steady emancipation of the individual through the education of his passions.
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The presidential candidates are offering prescriptions for everything from Iraq to healthcare, but listen closely. Their fixes are situational and incremental. Meanwhile, the underlying structural problems in American politics and government are systemic and prevent us from solving our most intractable challenges.
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Politics is - once in a while - a forum for serious debate about political philosophy.
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I still want to hold on to my beliefs, and as long as I have that, I won't stray too far from politics.
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It's such a beautiful sport, with no politics involved, no color, no class. Only as a youngster can you play and as a pro can you win. The game has kept me young, involved and excited and for me to be up here with gems of baseball.
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The only politics in this country that's relevant to black people today is the politics of revolution... none other.
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The baby boomers' politics have covered a wide band of silliness, from the Weather Underground to the Timothy McVeigh types. The great majority of us are well in the middle of that spectrum, but still, there's been both leftie silliness and right-wing silliness.
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I'm going into politics because I think that the kind of discourse taking place in Israel is leading this country to oblivion, and I want to change it.
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Politics ruins the character.
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I believe all universities should at least offer courses in politics and policy implementation.
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Unfortunately, money in politics is an insidious thing - and a loophole in our campaign finance system was taken advantage of with money going to existing or new 527 groups with the sole purpose of influencing the election.
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You don't choose a party because it's the flavour of the month. I feel I will be able to work under a political system. I feel if people like me don't enter politics to bring change, who will?
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It will take a long time for women's effect on politics to register so that we may properly appraise it.
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The size of your dreams must always exceed your current capacity to achieve them. If your dreams do not scare you, they are not big enough.
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Business and politics have a wholesome and an unwholesome interface. You have to eliminate the unwholesome interface.
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I have no child to inherit my properties. You, the people, are my only family, and to make you happy is the reason I do politics.
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Modern politics today requires a mastery of television. I've never really warmed up to television and, in fairness to television, it's never warmed up to me.
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The good news is that, according to the Obama administration, the rich will pay for everything. The bad news is that, according to the Obama administration, you're rich.
