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"I think people are just really disappointed, disappointed with Blair as well, who's just like Bush's lapdog. I think everyone's just disillusioned with politics in our country, and it must be the same in your country."
Paul Weller
"I think people are just really disappointed, disappointed with Blair as well, who's just like Bush's lapdog. I think everyone's just disillusioned with politics in our country, and it must be the same in your country."
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"The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them by their governments."
George Washington
"The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them by their governments."
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"The President wishes the Japanese to be very prudent about the introduction of opium, and if a treaty is made, he wishes that opium may be strictly prohibited."
Townsend Harris
"The President wishes the Japanese to be very prudent about the introduction of opium, and if a treaty is made, he wishes that opium may be strictly prohibited."
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"I have often heard it said that the United States is isolated and is not interested in European affairs. I assure you that this is not the case."
Frank B. Kellogg
"I have often heard it said that the United States is isolated and is not interested in European affairs. I assure you that this is not the case."
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"The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia."
Otto von Bismarck
"The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia."
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"In Washington, DC, politics dominate even the most casual conversations."
Armstrong Williams
"In Washington, DC, politics dominate even the most casual conversations."
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"'Yes' is a far more potent word than 'no' in American politics. By adopting the positions which animate the political agenda for the other side, one can disarm them and leave them sputtering with nothing to say."
Dick Morris
"'Yes' is a far more potent word than 'no' in American politics. By adopting the positions which animate the political agenda for the other side, one can disarm them and leave them sputtering with nothing to say."
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"America is a country of inventors, and the greatest of inventors are the newspaper men."
Alexander Graham Bell
"America is a country of inventors, and the greatest of inventors are the newspaper men."
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"Inside of many liberals is a fascist struggling to get out."
John McCarthy
"Inside of many liberals is a fascist struggling to get out."
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"I am maintaining my schedule of commuting to Washington, D.C. each week from Oregon so that I can spend my weekends and days when we are not in session traveling to communities throughout my district."
Greg Walden
"I am maintaining my schedule of commuting to Washington, D.C. each week from Oregon so that I can spend my weekends and days when we are not in session traveling to communities throughout my district."
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"We must develop huge demonstrations, because the world is used to big dramatic affairs. They think in terms of hundreds of thousands and millions and billions... Billions of dollars are appropriated at the twinkling of an eye. Nothing little counts."
A. Philip Randolph
"We must develop huge demonstrations, because the world is used to big dramatic affairs. They think in terms of hundreds of thousands and millions and billions... Billions of dollars are appropriated at the twinkling of an eye. Nothing little counts."
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"The 2008 election settled nothing, not even for a while. Our national politics are reflecting what appears to be going on geologically, on the bottom of the oceans and beneath the crust of the Earth: the tectonic plates are moving."
Peggy Noonan
"The 2008 election settled nothing, not even for a while. Our national politics are reflecting what appears to be going on geologically, on the bottom of the oceans and beneath the crust of the Earth: the tectonic plates are moving."
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"If we don't take effective measures now, the Netherlands could be torn between two extreme rights."
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
"If we don't take effective measures now, the Netherlands could be torn between two extreme rights."
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"If voting changed anything, they'd abolish it."
Ken Livingstone
"If voting changed anything, they'd abolish it."
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"Chances are that neither the client nor the agency will ever know very much about what role the ad has played in sales or profits of the client, either short-term or long-term."
Michael Schudson
"Chances are that neither the client nor the agency will ever know very much about what role the ad has played in sales or profits of the client, either short-term or long-term."
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"This drug coverage program was clearly designed by Republicans in Congress to serve the interests of the drug and insurance industries. America's seniors were an afterthought."
Sherrod Brown
"This drug coverage program was clearly designed by Republicans in Congress to serve the interests of the drug and insurance industries. America's seniors were an afterthought."
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"Politics is an act of faith; you have to show some kind of confidence in the intellectual and moral capacity of the public."
George McGovern
"Politics is an act of faith; you have to show some kind of confidence in the intellectual and moral capacity of the public."
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"In politics, merit is rewarded by the possessor being raised, like a target, to a position to be fired at."
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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"For me it is completely clear that our air bases in Germany would be available to the Americans."
Helmut Kohl
"For me it is completely clear that our air bases in Germany would be available to the Americans."
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"If he wants their labor, let them go to work, without regard to politics."
Charles E. Merrill
"If he wants their labor, let them go to work, without regard to politics."
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"Allen Ginsberg was a world authority on the writing of William Blake, and had an incredible knowledge of classic literature and world politics."
David Amram
"Allen Ginsberg was a world authority on the writing of William Blake, and had an incredible knowledge of classic literature and world politics."
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"Some day, following the example of the United States of America, there will be a United States of Europe."
George Washington
"Some day, following the example of the United States of America, there will be a United States of Europe."
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"It has now become a very common sentiment, that there is some deep and radical wrong somewhere, and that legislators have proved themselves incapable of discovering, or, of remedying it."
Josiah Warren
"It has now become a very common sentiment, that there is some deep and radical wrong somewhere, and that legislators have proved themselves incapable of discovering, or, of remedying it."
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"A week is a long time in politics."
Harold Wilson
"A week is a long time in politics."
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"He's suffering from Politicians' Logic. Something must be done, this is something, therefore we must do it."
Antony Jay
"He's suffering from Politicians' Logic. Something must be done, this is something, therefore we must do it."
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"They have had three years to get a resolution and they failed. Both of these guys have failed."
Marcel Dionne
"They have had three years to get a resolution and they failed. Both of these guys have failed."
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"I do believe the Democratic party has moved far to the right. I do believe that the party has a bunch of elephants running around in donkey clothes."
Al Sharpton
"I do believe the Democratic party has moved far to the right. I do believe that the party has a bunch of elephants running around in donkey clothes."
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"We are looking for bipartisan solutions not partisan rhetoric."
Paul Ryan
"We are looking for bipartisan solutions not partisan rhetoric."
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"As a consequence of the victories we have registered during our first ten years of freedom, we have laid a firm foundation for the new advances we must and will make during the next decade."
Thabo Mbeki
"As a consequence of the victories we have registered during our first ten years of freedom, we have laid a firm foundation for the new advances we must and will make during the next decade."
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"On September 11, the murders of World Trade Center employees and visitors took the lives of numerous nationalities, ethnic groups and religious followers."
Cliff Stearns
"On September 11, the murders of World Trade Center employees and visitors took the lives of numerous nationalities, ethnic groups and religious followers."
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"Eligible citizens from any State in the Union can serve in the Border Protection Corps of that State."
John Culberson
"Eligible citizens from any State in the Union can serve in the Border Protection Corps of that State."
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"Patriot: the person who can holler the loudest without knowing what he is hollering about."
Mark Twain
"Patriot: the person who can holler the loudest without knowing what he is hollering about."
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"George Orwell's contention was that it is a sure sign of trouble when things can no longer be called by their right names and described in plain, forthright speech."
Christopher Lasch
"George Orwell's contention was that it is a sure sign of trouble when things can no longer be called by their right names and described in plain, forthright speech."
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"A lot of young poets today, from what I've heard and experienced, can't get their heads past George W. Bush, and I've heard so many poems about this democracy and this era of politics that I'm kind of bored by it."
Amber Tamblyn
"A lot of young poets today, from what I've heard and experienced, can't get their heads past George W. Bush, and I've heard so many poems about this democracy and this era of politics that I'm kind of bored by it."
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"And I'll tell you, honestly, folks that I talk to, the 2.5 million breast cancer survivors in America, that I am one of, understand that we're done with insurance companies dropping us or denying us coverage because of - because we have a preexisting condition."
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
"And I'll tell you, honestly, folks that I talk to, the 2.5 million breast cancer survivors in America, that I am one of, understand that we're done with insurance companies dropping us or denying us coverage because of - because we have a preexisting condition."
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"Politics makes me sick."
William Howard Taft
"Politics makes me sick."
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"I draw the line in the dust and toss the gauntlet before the feet of tyranny, and I say segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever."
George C. Wallace
"I draw the line in the dust and toss the gauntlet before the feet of tyranny, and I say segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever."
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"They say President Wilson has blundered. Perhaps he has, but I notice he usually blunders forward."
Thomas A. Edison
"They say President Wilson has blundered. Perhaps he has, but I notice he usually blunders forward."
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"Sometimes I wonder if we shall ever grow up in our politics and say definite things which mean something, or whether we shall always go on using generalities to which everyone can subscribe, and which mean very little."
Eleanor Roosevelt
"Sometimes I wonder if we shall ever grow up in our politics and say definite things which mean something, or whether we shall always go on using generalities to which everyone can subscribe, and which mean very little."
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"We have a set of sensible policies that are appropriate for the 21st century and which strike a chord of appeal with the silent majority. Perhaps that is why we are welcoming new members every week who have never before been involved in politics."
Steve Blake
"We have a set of sensible policies that are appropriate for the 21st century and which strike a chord of appeal with the silent majority. Perhaps that is why we are welcoming new members every week who have never before been involved in politics."
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"The Christians had a better chance against the lions than the American consumer has against the OPEC cartel."
Ed Markey
"The Christians had a better chance against the lions than the American consumer has against the OPEC cartel."
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"I will support legislation that benefits the American worker and prevents the outsourcing of American jobs."
Ed Pastor
"I will support legislation that benefits the American worker and prevents the outsourcing of American jobs."
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"Today is a great day, not only of healing and reconciliation, but also coming together. I'm so glad the whole Little Rock Nine was alive and here to see this."
Winthrop Rockefeller
"Today is a great day, not only of healing and reconciliation, but also coming together. I'm so glad the whole Little Rock Nine was alive and here to see this."
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"America has a critical role to play as the most powerful member of the world community."
Adam Schiff
"America has a critical role to play as the most powerful member of the world community."
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"I was concerned about the link between crime and politics, and I figured out the only way I could do something about it was to get into politics."
Bill Scott
"I was concerned about the link between crime and politics, and I figured out the only way I could do something about it was to get into politics."
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"I had taken on the color of the climate around me and had driven back all the emotion that rose from the Brooklyn streets so that I could belong to the exclusive club of Congress."
Emanuel Celler
"I had taken on the color of the climate around me and had driven back all the emotion that rose from the Brooklyn streets so that I could belong to the exclusive club of Congress."
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"I've never worked in politics, never been a member of an official committee or a political party."
Naguib Mahfouz
"I've never worked in politics, never been a member of an official committee or a political party."
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"I'm not involved in politics any more and they're quite right."
Jeffrey Archer
"I'm not involved in politics any more and they're quite right."
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"It is my absolute intent to hold the line on taxes."
Jon Corzine
"It is my absolute intent to hold the line on taxes."
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"First would be the literary side, then the spiritual and philosophical. The political side is required principally because of the necessity of the current Russian position."
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
"First would be the literary side, then the spiritual and philosophical. The political side is required principally because of the necessity of the current Russian position."
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