"In politics, merit is rewarded by the possessor being raised, like a target, to a position to be fired at."

Christian Nestell Bovee, American Author

Politics, Being, Merit

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"Democracy, freedom and liberty do not make us more than what we are; it is our commitment that matters."

M.F. Moonzajer, Afghan Author

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"You don't necessarily need atomic bombs to destroy a nation. Politicians who value their pockets than the life of citizens always do that every day."

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"We are a little land. And little lands on the borders of a great empire were always hateful to the lords of the great empire. He longs to blot them out, gobble them up."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

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"Money has always been in politics. And I'm not sure you'd want money to be completely out of politics."

Bill Gates, American Businessman

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"All professions are a conspiracy against the country."

George Bernard Shaw, Irish Dramatist

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"It is an axiom in my mind, that our liberty can never be safe but in the hands of the people themselves, and that too of the people with a certain degree of instruction. This it is the business of the State to effect, and on a general plan."

Thomas Jefferson, American President

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"Our Supreme Court is not a court of law. It is a court of conjecture and political fad."

A.E. Samaan, American Author

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"Right is what benefits a nation, even if it is against the will of the people."

M.F. Moonzajer, Afghan Author

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"Canada remains alienated from its allies, shut out of the reconstruction process to some degree, unable to influence events. There is no upside to the position Canada took."

Stephen Harper, Canadian Politician

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"Innocence was gone from all our acts. Our habitual state of rebellion became a serious political crime."

Anais Nin, American Author

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"Democracy, freedom and liberty do not make us more than what we are; it is our commitment that matters."

"You don't necessarily need atomic bombs to destroy a nation. Politicians who value their pockets than the life of citizens always do that every day."

"We are a little land. And little lands on the borders of a great empire were always hateful to the lords of the great empire. He longs to blot them out, gobble them up."

"Money has always been in politics. And I'm not sure you'd want money to be completely out of politics."

"All professions are a conspiracy against the country."

"It is an axiom in my mind, that our liberty can never be safe but in the hands of the people themselves, and that too of the people with a certain degree of instruction. This it is the business of the State to effect, and on a general plan."

"Our Supreme Court is not a court of law. It is a court of conjecture and political fad."

"Right is what benefits a nation, even if it is against the will of the people."

"Canada remains alienated from its allies, shut out of the reconstruction process to some degree, unable to influence events. There is no upside to the position Canada took."

"Innocence was gone from all our acts. Our habitual state of rebellion became a serious political crime."

Explore more quotes by Christian Nestell Bovee

"A failure establishes only this, that our determination to succeed was not strong enough."

"Good men have the fewest fears. He has but one great fear who fears to do wrong; he has a thousand who has overcome it."

"Our first and last love is self-love."

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"A sound discretion is not so much indicated by never making a mistake as by never repeating it."

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