Politics Quotes
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Politics is the science of who gets what, when, and why.
Sidney Hillman
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I think to be in politics you have to have the taste for blood on that.
Moira Kelly
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No matter the good news anywhere else, these nuke-hungry rogue states will provide grounds for bad-mouthing Bush foreign policy.
Rich Lowry
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If one is going to plagiarize, it pays to be in politics, where the expectation for remorse and the likelihood of punishment are minimal.
Evan Osnos
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The spirit of encroachment tends to consolidate the powers of all the departments in one, and thus to create whatever the form of government, a real despotism. A just estimate of that love of power, and proneness to abuse it, which predominates in the human heart is sufficient to satisfy us of the truth of this position.
George Washington
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To rely upon conviction, devotion, and other excellent spiritual qualities; that is not to be taken seriously in politics.
Vladimir Lenin
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I've never been a politics guy in wrestling; I'm just someone who came out and worked.
Bobby Lashley
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Well, it's always, though, safer in politics to avoid risk, to just kind of go along with the status quo. But I didn't get into government to do the safe and easy things. A ship in harbor is safe, but that's not why the ship is built. Politics isn't just a game of competing interests and clashing parties. The people of America expect us to seek public office and to serve for the right reasons. And the right reason is to challenge the status quo and to serve the common good.
Sarah Palin
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Nothing in politics is ever so good or as bad as it first appears.
Edward Boyle, Baron Boyle of Handsworth
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Conservatives want to be your daddy, telling you what to do and what not to do. Liberals want to be your mommy, feeding you, tucking you in, and wiping your nose. Libertarians want to treat you as an adult.
David Boaz
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In politics, reality and appearance are of equal importance. You cannot attend to one and neglect the other. A man must determine both what he is, and what others believe him to be.
Steven Saylor
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I never bought a man who wasn't for sale.
William A. Clark
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Since the business of politics is the conciliation of differing interests, justice must not merely be done, but to be seen to be done.
Bernard Crick
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If you are from an ordinary working class family, life is just much harder than many people in politics realise.
Theresa May
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There are those who offer themselves as leaders who even play politics with a nomination of our nations chief law enforcement officer, finally, Loretta Lynch will be able to assume the position she has trained her lifetime for.
Hillary Clinton
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As they say around the Texas Legislature, if you can't drink their whiskey, screw their women, take their money, and vote against 'em anyway, you don't belong in office.
Molly Ivins