Politics Quotes
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I grew up in a strongly socialist family. While I was at school, I worked in party politics and with organizations like the Anti-Nazi League. Everywhere I saw it, I fought prejudice.
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But what I'm very interested in, whether it's writing, whether it's hosting a show, whether it's cooking food, I'm just into the discussions of identity, culture and the politics of culture.
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You go down South, and they're quirky; they have culture, and it's not uniformly true of our country. Our country has gotten a little blanded out, big sections of it. Even if you disagree with the politics, you have to appreciate the cuisine, the music, the literature.
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I once said to my father, when I was a boy, 'Dad we need a third political party.' He said to me, 'I'll settle for a second.'
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We in the Middle East like to talk politics, we like to argue. Just look at the three prophets - Moses, Jesus and Mohammad. They are all from this small region which creates problems all the time.
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The science that studies the supreme good for man is politics.
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A life in politics is for people who know themselves and know where their own line is between loyalty and honesty.
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There are a lot of grotesqueries in politics, not the least of which is the fund-raising side.
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For liberals, religion and politics mix as long as the results support their cause.
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In my grandfather's lab, scientists did independent research, and peers reviewed and commented on its merits. Politics, he taught me, had no place in the scientific process.
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In so much of politics you're not allowed to disagree with what's been agreed.
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I like the way hip-hop is now. It's grown up enough so that it can get involved with politics if it feels like it.
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I know politics and politicians are hated, but I still believe in goodness of a heart that has selfless intentions. With the grace of God, I will make a difference.
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When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators.
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I can't stop people from writing imaginative stories about me entering politics.
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I do have a political agenda. It's to have as few regulations as possible.
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I am not in politics to make more money.
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The politics of the Cape Town Metro, which allows an executive Mayoral committee to make secret decisions which affect you, behind closed doors, is wrong!
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Twenty-first century war adds new risks: more and more often there are no front lines, no central command, no rules of engagement - only a chaotic collision of politics, power, faith and bloodlust. Victims are as likely to be civilians as soldiers.
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There are no friends at cards or world politics.
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We all live in the moment, and we often mistakenly believe that what is true today was true always. Not so in politics, and especially in Congressional elections.
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I hope that one of my legacies, and I worked to pass it on, is moderation in politics.
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Newark might be one of few the places where the politics is tougher than even Brooklyn.
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There's a rule of thumb in politics. If you're at a point where you're complaining about the other guy being mean and unfair and uncivil, that's probably a sign that you're losing.
