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"Militarism is basically a way of thinking, a certain interpretation of the function of the state; this manner of thinking is, moreover, revealed by its outer forms: by armaments and state organization."
Christian Lous Lange
"Militarism is basically a way of thinking, a certain interpretation of the function of the state; this manner of thinking is, moreover, revealed by its outer forms: by armaments and state organization."
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"By forgetting the past and by throwing myself into other interests, I forget to worry."
Jack Dempsey
"By forgetting the past and by throwing myself into other interests, I forget to worry."
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"In politics shared hatreds are almost always the basis of friendships."
Alexis de Tocqueville
"In politics shared hatreds are almost always the basis of friendships."
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"Kings are more prone to mistrust the good than the bad; and they are always afraid of the virtues of others."
Sallust
"Kings are more prone to mistrust the good than the bad; and they are always afraid of the virtues of others."
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"Politics and the pulpit are terms that have little agreement."
Edmund Burke
"Politics and the pulpit are terms that have little agreement."
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"Politics is not about winning for the sake of winning."
Paul Wellstone
"Politics is not about winning for the sake of winning."
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"This person should not be directly connected with the President Ford Committee nor should he be seen as a member of the liberal wing of the Republican Party. He should be someone like Laird or Rogers Morton."
Robert Teeter
"This person should not be directly connected with the President Ford Committee nor should he be seen as a member of the liberal wing of the Republican Party. He should be someone like Laird or Rogers Morton."
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"And we've also had now the speaker of the Parliament in Iraq using blatantly anti-Semitic remarks, saying the Jews and sons of Jews are the problem of all the violence that's in Iraq."
Jan Schakowsky
"And we've also had now the speaker of the Parliament in Iraq using blatantly anti-Semitic remarks, saying the Jews and sons of Jews are the problem of all the violence that's in Iraq."
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"We will cut programs, we will try to rein in the size of the bureaucracy. We will bring federal pay scales that have become so exaggerated into line with market rates."
Eric Cantor
"We will cut programs, we will try to rein in the size of the bureaucracy. We will bring federal pay scales that have become so exaggerated into line with market rates."
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"I was never named in the early years as having anything to do with the assassination of Malcolm."
Louis Farrakhan
"I was never named in the early years as having anything to do with the assassination of Malcolm."
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"If I look to see what I ever did that, for all I now know, some other man might not have done, I am utterly unable to discover the certainly unique deed."
Josiah Royce
"If I look to see what I ever did that, for all I now know, some other man might not have done, I am utterly unable to discover the certainly unique deed."
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"The particular article ought in my opinion to be treated with absolute contempt. It is too vile to touch."
Emma Lazarus
"The particular article ought in my opinion to be treated with absolute contempt. It is too vile to touch."
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"It's silly talking about how many years we will have to spend in the jungles of Vietnam when we could pave the whole country and put parking stripes on it and still be home by Christmas."
Ronald Reagan
"It's silly talking about how many years we will have to spend in the jungles of Vietnam when we could pave the whole country and put parking stripes on it and still be home by Christmas."
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"It is a paradox that far too few Americans participate in the wonderful ritual of democracy that we call Election Day."
Brad Henry
"It is a paradox that far too few Americans participate in the wonderful ritual of democracy that we call Election Day."
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"Last year, I was proud to be an original co-sponsor of legislation that would increase federal judges' salaries by more than 40 percent. It also built in a cost of living adjustment, so the Judicial Branch would not be dependent on the Legislative Branch for increases each year."
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
"Last year, I was proud to be an original co-sponsor of legislation that would increase federal judges' salaries by more than 40 percent. It also built in a cost of living adjustment, so the Judicial Branch would not be dependent on the Legislative Branch for increases each year."
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"Democrats are not about to nominate anyone who backs the tax cut, and Americans are not going to elect anyone who favors a tax increase."
Dick Morris
"Democrats are not about to nominate anyone who backs the tax cut, and Americans are not going to elect anyone who favors a tax increase."
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"The American public is sick and tired of being lied to."
Patrick Leahy
"The American public is sick and tired of being lied to."
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"With scientific advances, Congress must now make changes to reflect new therapeutic options."
Nathan Deal
"With scientific advances, Congress must now make changes to reflect new therapeutic options."
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"Government 'help' to business is just as disastrous as government persecution... the only way a government can be of service to national prosperity is by keeping its hands off."
Ayn Rand
"Government 'help' to business is just as disastrous as government persecution... the only way a government can be of service to national prosperity is by keeping its hands off."
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"Somebody is going to have to do fancy footwork to make sure Elizabeth and John Edwards get their prime-time shot ."
Jeff Greenfield
"Somebody is going to have to do fancy footwork to make sure Elizabeth and John Edwards get their prime-time shot ."
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"The Russians imitate French ways, but always at a distance of fifty years."
Stendhal
"The Russians imitate French ways, but always at a distance of fifty years."
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"Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved."
Aristotle
"Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved."
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"At the very end, what is going to happen is that immigration will be reduced considerably. And how can we get to that stage? By agreements on sectors."
Vicente Fox
"At the very end, what is going to happen is that immigration will be reduced considerably. And how can we get to that stage? By agreements on sectors."
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"The most dangerous area where our laws are not being faithfully executed are the laws designed to protect Americans against the millions of aliens who enter our country illegally every year."
Phyllis Schlafly
"The most dangerous area where our laws are not being faithfully executed are the laws designed to protect Americans against the millions of aliens who enter our country illegally every year."
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"For the bureaucrat, the world is a mere object to be manipulated by him."
Karl Marx
"For the bureaucrat, the world is a mere object to be manipulated by him."
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"It seems to be the thing now that young people are getting back into politics."
Susan George
"It seems to be the thing now that young people are getting back into politics."
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"The ABC of our profession is to avoid these large abstract terms in order to try to discover behind them the only concrete realities, which are human beings."
Marc Bloch
"The ABC of our profession is to avoid these large abstract terms in order to try to discover behind them the only concrete realities, which are human beings."
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"I'm going to vote in support of the president of the United States in keeping the troops in Iraq until the president and our military is convinced that the mission is complete."
John Culberson
"I'm going to vote in support of the president of the United States in keeping the troops in Iraq until the president and our military is convinced that the mission is complete."
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"The White House is the finest prison in the world."
Harry S. Truman
"The White House is the finest prison in the world."
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"I don't think the only place to fight for freedom is in the halls of Congress."
Malcolm Wallop
"I don't think the only place to fight for freedom is in the halls of Congress."
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"We have a plan that creates universal access programs at the state level which allows folks to access insurance if they're denied by their insurer."
Eric Cantor
"We have a plan that creates universal access programs at the state level which allows folks to access insurance if they're denied by their insurer."
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"If the word 'No' was removed from the English language, Ian Paisley would be speechless."
John Hume
"If the word 'No' was removed from the English language, Ian Paisley would be speechless."
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"I got a job with a law firm in Portland after a couple of years with Senator Muskie. But by then, my interest in politics had been sparked, through meeting Senator Muskie, through seeing what he did."
George J. Mitchell
"I got a job with a law firm in Portland after a couple of years with Senator Muskie. But by then, my interest in politics had been sparked, through meeting Senator Muskie, through seeing what he did."
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"Lenin said that people vote with their feet. Well, that's what's happening. They either go, or they don't go. It's all politics. It's all demographics."
Warren Beatty
"Lenin said that people vote with their feet. Well, that's what's happening. They either go, or they don't go. It's all politics. It's all demographics."
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"The theory of Communism may be summed up in one sentence: Abolish all private property."
Karl Marx
"The theory of Communism may be summed up in one sentence: Abolish all private property."
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"Politics, as a practice, whatever its professions, has always been the systematic organization of hatreds."
Henry B. Adams
"Politics, as a practice, whatever its professions, has always been the systematic organization of hatreds."
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"I will never relent in defending America - whatever it takes."
George W. Bush
"I will never relent in defending America - whatever it takes."
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"I just simply write as it moves me. I may be writing about a book or a movie or a person, places where I've been or something I've done. Or politics. It's going to what's on my mind at the moment."
Tina Brown
"I just simply write as it moves me. I may be writing about a book or a movie or a person, places where I've been or something I've done. Or politics. It's going to what's on my mind at the moment."
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"We do not wish to open your ports to foreign trade all at once."
Townsend Harris
"We do not wish to open your ports to foreign trade all at once."
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"The legions of reporters who cover politics don't want to quit the clash and thunder of electoral combat for the dry duty of analyzing the federal budget. As a consequence, we have created the perpetual presidential campaign."
Hugh Sidey
"The legions of reporters who cover politics don't want to quit the clash and thunder of electoral combat for the dry duty of analyzing the federal budget. As a consequence, we have created the perpetual presidential campaign."
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"The administration still wants to govern from the far-left and that's going to produce kind a partisan result here in the Congress."
Mitch McConnell
"The administration still wants to govern from the far-left and that's going to produce kind a partisan result here in the Congress."
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"I don't go around trying to stir up foreign wars."
Conrad Black
"I don't go around trying to stir up foreign wars."
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"Immigration in America is a highly polarized issue and there are passionate views on both sides."
Spencer Bachus
"Immigration in America is a highly polarized issue and there are passionate views on both sides."
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"Sometimes Congress likes to milk an issue."
Steve Largent
"Sometimes Congress likes to milk an issue."
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"So I promise you that this State of the State, like a good pizza, will be delivered in 25 minutes or less."
Ruth Ann Minner
"So I promise you that this State of the State, like a good pizza, will be delivered in 25 minutes or less."
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"I've spent the last year listening to Americans, and the state of the union that George W. Bush lives in is very different from the state that most hardworking Americans are living in."
Joe Lieberman
"I've spent the last year listening to Americans, and the state of the union that George W. Bush lives in is very different from the state that most hardworking Americans are living in."
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"Iraq did nothing to us. Iraq was not responsible for 9/11."
Charles Evers
"Iraq did nothing to us. Iraq was not responsible for 9/11."
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"England is nothing but the last ward of the European madhouse, and quite possibly it will prove to be the ward for particularly violent cases."
Leon Trotsky
"England is nothing but the last ward of the European madhouse, and quite possibly it will prove to be the ward for particularly violent cases."
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"When the President was asked about global warming at a public appearance yesterday, he responded by talking about America's addiction to oil. You make the connection."
Gwen Ifill
"When the President was asked about global warming at a public appearance yesterday, he responded by talking about America's addiction to oil. You make the connection."
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"Russia will not soon become, if it ever becomes, a second copy of the United States or England - where liberal value have deep historic roots."
Vladimir Putin
"Russia will not soon become, if it ever becomes, a second copy of the United States or England - where liberal value have deep historic roots."
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