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Politics Quotes


"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."


"In politics shared hatreds are almost always the basis of friendships."


"Politics and the pulpit are terms that have little agreement."


"Politics is not about winning for the sake of winning."


"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."


"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."


"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."


"I was never named in the early years as having anything to do with the assassination of Malcolm."


"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."


"It is a paradox that far too few Americans participate in the wonderful ritual of democracy that we call Election Day."


"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."


"The American public is sick and tired of being lied to."


"With scientific advances, Congress must now make changes to reflect new therapeutic options."


"Somebody is going to have to do fancy footwork to make sure Elizabeth and John Edwards get their prime-time shot ."


"Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved."


"For the bureaucrat, the world is a mere object to be manipulated by him."


"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."


"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."


"I don't think the only place to fight for freedom is in the halls of Congress."


"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."


"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."


"Politics, as a practice, whatever its professions, has always been the systematic organization of hatreds."


"We do not wish to open your ports to foreign trade all at once."


"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."


"The administration still wants to govern from the far-left and that's going to produce kind a partisan result here in the Congress."


"I don't go around trying to stir up foreign wars."


"Immigration in America is a highly polarized issue and there are passionate views on both sides."


"So I promise you that this State of the State, like a good pizza, will be delivered in 25 minutes or less."


"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."


"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."


"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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