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"The new troops in Iraq need to be Iraqi troops."
Mitch McConnell
"The new troops in Iraq need to be Iraqi troops."
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"A premium in the oil price of somewhere between 10 to 15 dollars a barrel reflects this heightened anxiety."
Daniel Yergin
"A premium in the oil price of somewhere between 10 to 15 dollars a barrel reflects this heightened anxiety."
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"Crime does not pay as well as politics."
Alfred Newman
"Crime does not pay as well as politics."
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"I was the true future. I understood Communism better than they did."
Elia Kazan
"I was the true future. I understood Communism better than they did."
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"These things will destroy the human race: politics without principle, progress without compassion, wealth without work, learning without silence, religion without fearlessness and worship without awareness."
Anthony de Mello
"These things will destroy the human race: politics without principle, progress without compassion, wealth without work, learning without silence, religion without fearlessness and worship without awareness."
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"George W. Bush broke a mold four years ago: Even though he lost the popular vote, he governed as if he had won by acclamation."
Tony Snow
"George W. Bush broke a mold four years ago: Even though he lost the popular vote, he governed as if he had won by acclamation."
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"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."
William Howard Taft
"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."
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"Every dogma has its day."
Anthony Burgess
"Every dogma has its day."
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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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"I always figured it was best if I write my songs, take them to my publisher and just lay back. There used to be so many things going on - getting to the artist, getting to the publishers - you know, politics. I just didn't want to get mixed up in all of that."
Otis Blackwell
"I always figured it was best if I write my songs, take them to my publisher and just lay back. There used to be so many things going on - getting to the artist, getting to the publishers - you know, politics. I just didn't want to get mixed up in all of that."
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"Is there decency left in American politics?"
Byron Dorgan
"Is there decency left in American politics?"
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"If I were John Bolton, I'd take great consolation in the words of my principal supporter on the committee, who gave a ringing endorsement, which was, There is no evidence that he has broken any laws."
Mark Shields
"If I were John Bolton, I'd take great consolation in the words of my principal supporter on the committee, who gave a ringing endorsement, which was, There is no evidence that he has broken any laws."
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"There is a resurgence of anti-Semitism in Europe. The policies of the Bush administration and the Sharon administration contribute to that. It's not specifically anti-Semitism, but it does manifest itself in anti-Semitism as well."
George Soros
"There is a resurgence of anti-Semitism in Europe. The policies of the Bush administration and the Sharon administration contribute to that. It's not specifically anti-Semitism, but it does manifest itself in anti-Semitism as well."
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"Religion is organized to satisfy and guide the soul - politics does the same thing for the body."
Joyce Cary
"Religion is organized to satisfy and guide the soul - politics does the same thing for the body."
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"The first lesson of economics is scarcity: there is never enough of anything to fully satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics."
Thomas Sowell
"The first lesson of economics is scarcity: there is never enough of anything to fully satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics."
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"To meet the shortage of supplies from America, due to lack of shipping, the representatives of the different supply departments were constantly in search of available material and supplies in Europe."
Kelly Miller
"To meet the shortage of supplies from America, due to lack of shipping, the representatives of the different supply departments were constantly in search of available material and supplies in Europe."
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"Spontaneous combustion of grassroots politics is the future."
Dick Morris
"Spontaneous combustion of grassroots politics is the future."
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"Members will hear me say repeatedly words are important; deeds are a reality."
Jon Corzine
"Members will hear me say repeatedly words are important; deeds are a reality."
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"In order to conquer, what we need is to dare, still to dare, and always to dare."
Georges Jacques Danton
"In order to conquer, what we need is to dare, still to dare, and always to dare."
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"Citizenship is a tough occupation which obliges the citizen to make his own informed opinion and stand by it."
Martha Gellhorn
"Citizenship is a tough occupation which obliges the citizen to make his own informed opinion and stand by it."
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"The argument of the broken window pane is the most valuable argument in modern politics."
Emmeline Pankhurst
"The argument of the broken window pane is the most valuable argument in modern politics."
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"Politics I conceive to be nothing more than the science of the ordered progress of society along the lines of greatest usefulness and convenience to itself."
Woodrow Wilson
"Politics I conceive to be nothing more than the science of the ordered progress of society along the lines of greatest usefulness and convenience to itself."
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"The Green Party represents that majority point of view within the U.S."
Peter Camejo
"The Green Party represents that majority point of view within the U.S."
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"I played by the rules of politics as I found them."
Richard M. Nixon
"I played by the rules of politics as I found them."
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"If George W. Bush is given a second term, and retains a Republican Congress and a compliant federal judiciary, he and his allies are likely to embark on a campaign of political retribution the likes of which we haven't seen since Richard Nixon."
Paul Begala
"If George W. Bush is given a second term, and retains a Republican Congress and a compliant federal judiciary, he and his allies are likely to embark on a campaign of political retribution the likes of which we haven't seen since Richard Nixon."
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"Sports and politics don't mix."
Eric Heiden
"Sports and politics don't mix."
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"We're not willing to give black leaders second chances because, in most cases, we're not willing to give them first chances."
Al Sharpton
"We're not willing to give black leaders second chances because, in most cases, we're not willing to give them first chances."
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"In politics it is necessary either to betray one's country or the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate."
Charles de Gaulle
"In politics it is necessary either to betray one's country or the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate."
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"The State of the Union may look rosy from the White House balcony or the suites of George Bush's wealthiest donors. But hardworking Americans will see through this president's efforts to wrap his radical agenda with a compassionate ribbon."
Howard Dean
"The State of the Union may look rosy from the White House balcony or the suites of George Bush's wealthiest donors. But hardworking Americans will see through this president's efforts to wrap his radical agenda with a compassionate ribbon."
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"Hitler's dictatorship rested on the constitutional foundation of a single law, the Enabling Law."
Alan Bullock
"Hitler's dictatorship rested on the constitutional foundation of a single law, the Enabling Law."
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"Putting a stop to internet gambling is a necessary reform that targets flagrant violations of state and federal laws."
John Shadegg
"Putting a stop to internet gambling is a necessary reform that targets flagrant violations of state and federal laws."
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"I went on a long trip through South America with Prince Charles where I was the only journalist there - a couple of photographers but no other writers."
Anthony Holden
"I went on a long trip through South America with Prince Charles where I was the only journalist there - a couple of photographers but no other writers."
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"Washington isn't a city, it's an abstraction."
Dylan Thomas
"Washington isn't a city, it's an abstraction."
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"We are not making this demand for the sake of a principle, but in the interests of the proletarian class."
Clara Zetkin
"We are not making this demand for the sake of a principle, but in the interests of the proletarian class."
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"Politics is my hobby. Smut is my vocation."
Larry Flynt
"Politics is my hobby. Smut is my vocation."
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"I am making a collection of the things my opponents have found me to be and, when this election is over, I am going to open a museum and put them on display."
Lyndon B. Johnson
"I am making a collection of the things my opponents have found me to be and, when this election is over, I am going to open a museum and put them on display."
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"As I, as a worker, came to know them, the aims of German trade unions were political, and there were a number of various trade unions with varied political views."
Fritz Sauckel
"As I, as a worker, came to know them, the aims of German trade unions were political, and there were a number of various trade unions with varied political views."
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"It is not so much that women have a different point of view in politics as that they give a different emphasis. And this is vastly important, for politics is so largely a matter of emphasis."
Crystal Eastman
"It is not so much that women have a different point of view in politics as that they give a different emphasis. And this is vastly important, for politics is so largely a matter of emphasis."
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"Well, he can't be dumb, I mean, because he's been president for four years and he's president again, so you're going to get caught out if you're really bad, aren't you? Unless millions and millions of Americans are dumb."
John Newcombe
"Well, he can't be dumb, I mean, because he's been president for four years and he's president again, so you're going to get caught out if you're really bad, aren't you? Unless millions and millions of Americans are dumb."
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"Statism is an unnatural disaster."
Stefan Molyneux
"Statism is an unnatural disaster."
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"When a man says he approves of something in principle, it means he hasn't the slightest intention of carrying it out in practice."
Otto von Bismarck
"When a man says he approves of something in principle, it means he hasn't the slightest intention of carrying it out in practice."
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"It is hard to say why politicians are called servants, unless it is because a good one is hard to find."
Gerald F. Lieberman
"It is hard to say why politicians are called servants, unless it is because a good one is hard to find."
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"Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build bridges even when there are no rivers."
Nikita Khrushchev
"Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build bridges even when there are no rivers."
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"I don't really wanna talk about politics, I'm not clever enough."
Paul Weller
"I don't really wanna talk about politics, I'm not clever enough."
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"I want to stay away from politics, or else I'll probably end up putting my size fifteen foot into my mouth."
Peter Steele
"I want to stay away from politics, or else I'll probably end up putting my size fifteen foot into my mouth."
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"What do you want to be a sailor for? There are greater storms in politics than you will ever find at sea. Piracy, broadsides, blood on the decks. You will find them all in politics."
David Lloyd George
"What do you want to be a sailor for? There are greater storms in politics than you will ever find at sea. Piracy, broadsides, blood on the decks. You will find them all in politics."
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"The fact that we are here today to debate raising America's debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership. Americans deserve better. I, therefore, intend to oppose the effort to increase America's debt."
Barack Obama
"The fact that we are here today to debate raising America's debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership. Americans deserve better. I, therefore, intend to oppose the effort to increase America's debt."
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"Bush began helping Enron in the eighties."
Paul Begala
"Bush began helping Enron in the eighties."
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"The only difference between a pigeon and the American farmer today is that a pigeon can still make a deposit on a John Deere."
Jim Hightower
"The only difference between a pigeon and the American farmer today is that a pigeon can still make a deposit on a John Deere."
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"Speaking as a black person, welfare is the worst thing that's ever happened to us."
Charles Evers
"Speaking as a black person, welfare is the worst thing that's ever happened to us."
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