"Politicians in this country have always been for sale. That is nothing new."

Nation, Country, Nothing, Politicians

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"Politicians in this country have always been for sale. That is nothing new."

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"Every nation ridicules other nations, and all are right."

Arthur Schopenhauer, German Philosopher

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"There is a great deal of unmapped country within us which would have to be taken into account in an explanation of our gusts and storms."

George Eliot, British Author

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"The country is provincial; it becomes ridiculous when it tries to ape Paris."

Honore de Balzac, French Novelist

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"Official dignity tends to increase in inverse ratio to the importance of the country in which the office is held."

Aldous Huxley, English Novelist

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"That country is the richest which nourishes the greatest number of noble and happy human beings."

John Ruskin, English Writer

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"It will, I believe, be everywhere found, that as the clergy are, or are not what they ought to be, so are the rest of the nation."

Jane Austen, British Writer

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"A man's feet should be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the world."

George Santayana, American Philosopher

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"Patriots always talk of dying for their country and never of killing for their country."

Bertrand Russell, British Philosopher

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"A wise traveler never despises his own country."

William Hazlitt, English Critic

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"Nation needs soldiers, politics needs civilians."

Amit Kalantri, Indian Author

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"Until we totally change the way we elect our leaders, until we remove private money from public campaigns, lying will be the de facto method of governance in this country."

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"Politicians in this country have always been for sale. That is nothing new."

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"Before and during the first phase of the war his administration repeatedly maligned the UN but now, that Iraq has turned into a quagmire, it is asking the UN for help."

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"What is the first thing we did when we took control of Iraq? Protect the oil fields. Remember the administration quote about how the oil would pay for the war."

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"In and of itself, keeping the country safe for business is not a bad thing."

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"To be fair, lying is part and parcel of public life. Every politician has lied about something because they are owned by the special interest groups that finance their elections."

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"Even though the Bush campaign ad tells you that Afghanistan is a new democracy at the Olympics because of Bush's efforts, Afghanistan hasn't actually had an election."

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"Bush is a very poor impromptu speaker. He does fine in small groups but when speaking without a script in front of large groups or answering questions he wasn't prepped for, he has problems."

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"Could it be that all those reports coming from our own intelligence that Bush ignored was right all along? Could it be that the UN was right all along?"

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"For some reason, it never crossed any mind in this administration to ask for the money back."

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