Politics Quotes
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We think of politics in terms of power and who has the power. Politics is the end to which that power is put.
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I am the Jesus Christ of politics. I am a patient victim, I sacrifice myself for everyone.
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Woe to that land that's governed by a child.
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Of what does politics consist except the making of imperfect decisions, many of them unjust and quite a few of them deadly?
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If the masses started to accept UFOs, it would profoundly affect their attitude towards life, politics, everything. It would threaten the status quo. Whenever people come to realize that there are larger considerations than their own petty lives, they are ripe to make radical changes on a personal level, which would eventually lead to a political revolution in society as a whole...
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My morals went when the president got oral.
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Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.
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Genuine politics -- even politics worthy of the name -- the only politics I am willing to devote myself to -- is simply a matter of serving those around us: serving the community and serving those who will come after us. Its deepest roots are moral because it is a responsibility expressed through action, to and for the whole.
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Power always has to be kept in check; power exercised in secret, especially under the cloak of national security, is doubly dangerous.
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I'll assure you this: I will have nothing to do with politics.
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My Methodist upbringing was very formative in my politics. I was born in 1969, and there was all this ecumenical 'we're in this together' sensitivity that was part of the United Methodist Church in the 1970s.
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Some say let's not give them too much power. But we need power to do the things we believe in and change Israeli politics. In coalition talks, we don't want to have to compromise on what we believe in.
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Politics is tricky; it cuts both ways. Every time you make a choice, it has unintended consequences.
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Policy and politics generally go contrary to principle.
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Our mission is to go after Al Qaeda, not the Taliban. Right now, they are in Pakistan, not Afghanistan. We should go after them wherever they are.
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I set out as a sort of self-dependent politician. My opinions were my own. I dashed at all prejudices. I scorned to follow anybodyin matter of opinion.... All were, therefore, offended at my presumption, as they deemed it.
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Many a man has been dined out of his religion, and his politics, and his manhood, almost.
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If you think Hollywood is depressing and corrupt, politics is really depressing and corrupt -- and fueled even more than Hollywood by money -- if that's possible.
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I am a little jet lagged from my trip to Malaysia...The lengths we have to go to to get CNN coverage these days.
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[Washington, DC] feels like you're watching performance art. A lot of the time. I don't believe them, I don't believe what they say, I don't think they're being absolutely sincere. I think it's performance art. And most of them are bad actors.
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My endeavors Have ever come too short of my desires. Yet filed with my abilities.
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To be quite honest, John Lennon had questionable politics. There was a flip side. He was all peace and love, but he was a very violent character.
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It's important to have a life and spend time outside of those things [music and politics], in order to appreciate what you've achieved as far as just spending time with people you love, and doing things like painting.
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It is unnatural for a majority to rule, for a majority can seldom be organized and united for specific action, and a minority can.
