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"You can become a politician and improve the institutions of power in your country."

"The trouble with Nixon is that he's a serious politics junkie. He's totally hooked and like any other junkie, he's a bummer to have around, especially as President."

"The habit of using ardent spirits by men in office has occasioned more injury to the public and more trouble to me than all other causes. Were I to commence my administration again the first question I would ask respecting a candidate for office would be Does he use ardent spirits?"

"Earthquake means destruction; dictator means destruction! In the case of earthquake, you need a strong building; in the case of dictator, you need an educated rational mind, because an irrational ignorant mind always serves the dictator!"

"National transformation is also attainable through the simple principle of Truth and Honesty."

"The rich alone use imported articles, and on these alone the whole taxes of the General Government are levied...and its surplus applied to canals, roads, schools, etc., the farmer will see his government supported, his children educated, and the face of his country made a paradise by the contributions of the rich alone, without his being called on to spend a cent from his earnings."

"The Republicans have a me too candidate running on a yes but platform, advised by a has been staff."

"In America any boy may become President, and I suppose it's just one of the risks he takes!"

"America is so vast that almost everything said about it is likely to be true, and the opposite is probably equally true."
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"Once you don't vote your ideals... that has serious undermining affects. It erodes the moral basis of our democracy."

"The corporate lobby in Washington is basically designed to stifle all legislative activity on behalf of consumers."

"Every time I see something terrible, it's like I see it at age 19. I keep a freshness that way."

"The use of solar energy has not been opened up because the oil industry does not own the sun."

"I start with the premise that the function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers."
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