Politics Quotes
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The question of questions for the politicians should ever be-What type of social structure am I tending to produce? But this is a question he never entertains.
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In politics one should not expect big jumps. Everything takes time.
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I am opposed to term limits because if we did not have seasoned professionals, we would not have the good government that we have.
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How does the richest country in the history of the world fail to pay its bills?
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You have to look beyond your known limited experience. Politics should be based on compassion.
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Many of the left thinkers that really matter to me - that formed a big part of my thinking about politics and art - emphasize how capitalism is a totality, how there's no escape from it, no outside.
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I don't have any special passion for politics, it being a never-ending merry-go-round of bosses big and small, all generally mediocre. I actually find it boring.
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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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Politicians... talk in generalities and lies, and I think they've caused all our grief. They're so awful, they're really funny. I hate thinking this because my dad loved politics.
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You know what? I think the American people are a little pissed, and I think they're pissed at both parties - I think they're really pissed at both parties - and it will be reflected during election time.
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I think being an activist and an artist is an interesting contradiction, because so often they are at odds with one another. When you write as an artist you have to clean the palate of your own politics in creating characters and activism is kind of the exact opposite.
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What chance of survival does a culture have when its own elites actively seek its destruction?
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I actually don't want to be an actor for the rest of my life. I'd like to go on to be a lawyer or a doctor, and I definitely would like to get into politics.
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Good economics is good politics.
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The purpose of politics is to give people tools to make the most of their lives.
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He wasn't used to being criticized, and he never did get it through his head that's what politics is all about. He was used to getting his ass kissed.
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The sequester has forced liberals to clarify their conviction that whatever the government's size is at any moment, is the bare minimum neccessary to forestall intolerable suffering.
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Teaching is a good preparation for politics because you have to reply to questions when you don't know the answer.
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Politics has slain its thousands, but religion has slain its tens of thousands.
