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Christian Nestell Bovee

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

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Amber Hurdle

"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."

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

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Amber Hurdle

"My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government."

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"Experience demands that man is the only animal which devours his own kind, for I can apply no milder term to the general prey of the rich on the poor."

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"The grass always seems greener on the other side of the fence. Many politicians promise green, green grass by blending niceties with delusion and by using alluring confidence tricks. They voice attractive tales and tell things, people like to hear. But the post-factual grassland often appears to be parched and barren. ['The grass was greener over there']"

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Amber Hurdle

"Politics, it's all corrupt!"

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Amber Hurdle

"Corporate governments are as corrupt as their law enforcement departments."

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Amber Hurdle

"Corporations and their government minions are capable of anything...just look at the frauds the recent wars became known as. Hundreds of thousands killed in the name of corporate "liberation"."

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Amber Hurdle

"No party has a monopoly on wisdom. No democracy works without compromise. But when Governor Romney and his allies in Congress tell us we can somehow lower our deficit by spending trillions more on new tax breaks for the wealthy - well, you do the math. I refuse to go along with that. And as long as I'm President, I never will."

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Amber Hurdle

"Forget sex or politics or religion, loneliness is the subject that clears out a room."

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