Politics Quotes
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Politics is not religion and we should govern on the basis of evidence, not theology.
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The Captain just gave us our orders, and Mom we must carry them through. I'll finish this letter first chance I get, but for now I'll just say I love you.
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Since politics — until recently — has been a man’s world, men, as a whole are responsible for its corruption.
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There are no morals in politics; there is only expedience. A scoundrel may be of use to us just because he is a scoundrel.
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It's time for ordinary Americans to come out of the shadows and remind Washington every day in words and actions that we are a sovereign nation, not a sanctuary nation.
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Architecture is politics.
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Politics gives guys so much power that they tend to behave badly around women. And I hope I never get into that.
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It's a good line to say we're going to get money out of politics. I don't know how realistic it is.
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There aren't many idealists in politics.
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A statesman is any politician it's considered safe to name a school after.
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Liberalism is trust of the people tempered by prudence. Conservatism is distrust of the people tempered by fear.
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Mistrust first impulses; they are nearly always good.
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One of the things that could be exciting about this next phase of Canadian politics is if we could maybe have co-leaders.
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In Texas, we do not hold high expectations for the governor's office; it's mostly been occupied by crooks, dorks and the comatose.
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Also, the Federal Advisory Committee should be enlarged and reorganized. Members should be chosen for the broadest possible representation of the public interest, their main qualification: ability.
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Do Obama and Boxer realize they are on the wrong side of a tsunami of voter discontent with a government run by and for the public employee unions?
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What matters in Politics is what men actually do - sincerity is no excuse for acting unpolitically, and insincerity may be channelled by politics into good results.
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If we mean to support the liberty and independence which has cost us so much blood and treasure to establish, we must drive far away the demon of party spirit and local reproach.
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In U.S. politics, 'compassion' means giving money and privileges to well organized interest groups at everyone else's expense.
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The first thing to say about politics is that politics is not the first thing.
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Politics is a way of ruling in divided societies without undue violence...politics is not just a necessary evil; it is a realistic good.
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I never let politics get personal. You can have the most intense, heated debate on issues, and so long as you keep it on issues, you can go out and have coffee afterwards and you're good friends.
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Religion is organized to satisfy and guide the soul - politics does the same thing for the body.
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Democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover they can vote themselves largesse out of the public treasure. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidate promising the most benefit from the public treasury, with the result that democracy always collapses over a loose fiscal policy, always to be followed by a dictatorship, and then a monarchy.
