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Politics Quotes
"It became extremely important that we go and see the four heads of the governments, and the message was delivered, with the tea packets, to all these heads."
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"We are ready to train new Iraqi forces outside Iraq. We did it in Abu Dhabi."
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"A citizen of America will cross the ocean to fight for democracy, but won't cross the street to vote in a national election."
37
"Israel has always been and must always be America's strongest ally."
37
"I was working for the Socialist International, after I left university in 1959, as a researcher."
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"Fourth, we might have declared an embargo against the shipping from American ports of any merchandise to either one of these governments that persisted in maintaining its military zone."
37
"We have traded a dictator for a chaos that has left America less secure."
37
"The Engineer Corps is charged with all construction, including light railways and roads."
37
"When we stand up for America, we stand up for what America stands for, which is a safety net for our seniors and really helping our families be able to help themselves."
37
"Scratch a pessimist and you find often a defender of privilege."
37
"There are honest journalists like there are honest politicians - they stay bought."
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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."
37
"We live in a stage of politics, where legislators seem to regard the passage of laws as much more important than the results of their enforcement."
37
"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."
37
"When we are sick, we want an uncommon doctor; when we have a construction job to do, we want an uncommon engineer, and when we are at war, we want an uncommon general. It is only when we get into politics that we are satisfied with the common man."
37
"That's possible, and in fact the legislation, the politics should graduate the advantages towards those who have children and give less to those who don't have children."
37
"Having decisions made not in midnight deals but in the light of objective evidence and after consulting those who will be affected should itself provide some reassurance that the EU is trying to reform itself."
37
"The modern form of things had begun to appeal to me, also (as material for satire) politics, and the lives of the great and little, high up in the social scale."
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"War has rules, mud wrestling has rules - politics has no rules."
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"In order to conquer, what we need is to dare, still to dare, and always to dare."
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"I chose to treat the homosexuality like I would treat any other form of sexuality."
37
"Unfair trade agreements, passed by both Republicans and Democrats, have sent millions of jobs to other countries. We need to stop this hemorrhaging and find ways for American workers to compete in the new market."
37
"Politics is about putting yourself in a state of grace."
37
"Why should American atrocities be merely unsettling, but a trip to Hanoi unconscionable?"
37
"The challenge in working in politics, particularly if you're working for a political party, is that everyone's a messenger."
37
"Obviously, there is diversity, but Europe is a union of diversity."
37
"We're not willing to give black leaders second chances because, in most cases, we're not willing to give them first chances."
37
"As I discovered, even the governor of a major state who holds pro-life views can be denied a hearing at his party's convention without the national media protesting it."
37
"By that I mean, I think that it is true that politics and political heroes have to satisfy our need to be greater than mortal in some way, and that's led them into creating illusions, sound bites, focus groups that tell you what to do."
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"Difference of religion breeds more quarrels than difference of politics."
37
"A president who has incited violence inspires citizens towards hate and violence."
37
"There needs to be a planned series of speeches, interviews, etc., over the next two or three months by administration officials and other public figures talking about President Ford, what he is trying to do and what he has accomplished."
37
"It is a paradox that far too few Americans participate in the wonderful ritual of democracy that we call Election Day."
37
"You're going to be hearing a lot about one scrappy president."
37
"The presidents I served under don't have anything to do with my politics."
37
"The United States is our most important ally. They helped us many times. Without the United States, the unification or German democratisation after the Nazi period would have been much more complicated, or almost impossible."
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