Politics Quotes
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The state in the matter of drugs should not, any more than in the matter of sex, act as the secret agent for the agenda of the church.
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All our lives we fought against exalting the individual, against the elevation of the single person, and long ago we were over and done with the business of a hero, and here it comes up again: the glorification of one personality. This is not good at all.
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Politics is too often regarded as a poor relation, inherently dependent and subsidiary; it is rarely praised as something with a life and character of its own.
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I've always had my voice as a comic. I was never that into politics, or prop comedy.
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What is the first part of politics? Education. The second? Education. And the third? Education.
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In politics one should not expect big jumps. Everything takes time.
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It is part of politics to make things look better than they really are. What is a spin doctor but a serial euphemiser?
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People are increasingly becoming disappointed and disillusioned with politics and business, and especially with the market economy. They are meeting the physical needs of human beings, maybe. They are providing food. But not good and healthy food.
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Gridlock is great. My motto is, 'Don't just do something. Stand there.'
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Politics has slain its thousands, but religion has slain its tens of thousands.
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I do not sing politics. I merely sing the truth.
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It's one thing to have a president with whose politics you disagree; it's another to have a president who doesn't even seem to care about your welfare.
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Politics and music don't necessarily go hand in hand. They just do for me.
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Political organizations are formed to keep the powerful in power.
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If one of my boys was asking me if they should go into politics, I'd say there's only one reason to go into public life and that's to help people.
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If I do talk politics it's very surface, it's not in-depth.
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I never, ever get involved in politics. With politics you are not allowed to be honest. I don't have time to deal with that. I would rather work with kids.
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Like Indiana Jones, I don't like snakes - though that might lead some to ask why I'm in politics.
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The welfare state is not really about the welfare of the masses. It is about the egos of the elites.
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You have to look beyond your known limited experience. Politics should be based on compassion.
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When times are tough, constant conflict may be good politics but in the real world, cooperation works better. After all, nobody's right all the time, and a broken clock is right twice a day.
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Louis Kelso of San Francisco, a lawyer-economist, has for years felt that he has a radical answer to the problem.
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For the first time in history, the human species as a whole has gone into politics. Everyone is in the act, and there is no telling what may come of it.
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How does the richest country in the history of the world fail to pay its bills?
