Politics Quotes
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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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I am not in politics to make more money.
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If you live in the overlapping world of politics and media, as I am learning, anything less than full transparency can potentially do you in.
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Remain close to government and away from politics. It means deal more with the authorities. And less with individuals.
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I'm big into not drawing conclusions for people. I think that's what makes for the most exciting, compelling films. I get bored when the politics of the filmmaker are the subject of the film that I see.
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I can't stop people from writing imaginative stories about me entering politics.
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It is our job above all in politics to tackle the big issues and to explain them, and have the honesty to say to people, 'There are no easy solutions here.'
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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.
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For a person who promised hope and civility in politics, Mr. Obama has shown a borderline obsessiveness in blaming Mr. Bush.
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Look, there ought to be politics in politics.
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Politics and power is a realm of relative influence.
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Yes, we now have to divide up our time like that, between politics and our equations. But to me our equations are far more important, for politics are only a matter of present concern. A mathematical equation stands forever.
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Our culture is more shaped by the arts and humanities than it often is by 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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Ralph Miliband was a socialist intellectual of great integrity. He belonged to a generation of socialists formed by the Russian revolution and the Second World War, a generation that dominated left-wing politics for almost a century.
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Politics and the pulpit are terms that have little agreement.
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For liberals, religion and politics mix as long as the results support their cause.
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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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I am committed to the idea of information politics. That is how contemporary politics are played out.
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Those who say religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion is.
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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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Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one.
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Opening acts are hard, really hard. There's more politics involved than music, sometimes.
