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"We have views on social issues that may seem to some that we are hard-line Tories. However our economics policies and our opposition to the process called globalisation could be considered by some to place us on the far-left of conventional politics."
Steve Blake
"We have views on social issues that may seem to some that we are hard-line Tories. However our economics policies and our opposition to the process called globalisation could be considered by some to place us on the far-left of conventional politics."
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"Here we were, corrupting all those Russians toward communism."
Jack Levine
"Here we were, corrupting all those Russians toward communism."
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"At least there's a political input, but when you put on the robe, at that point the politics is over."
Stephen Breyer
"At least there's a political input, but when you put on the robe, at that point the politics is over."
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"I am clearly more popular than Reagan. I am in my third term. Where's Reagan? Gone after two! Defeated by George Bush and Michael Dukakis no less."
Marion Berry
"I am clearly more popular than Reagan. I am in my third term. Where's Reagan? Gone after two! Defeated by George Bush and Michael Dukakis no less."
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"I don't know if anybody wants to mix their politics with their entertainment."
Fiona Apple
"I don't know if anybody wants to mix their politics with their entertainment."
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"I must not write a word to you about politics, because you are a woman."
John Adams
"I must not write a word to you about politics, because you are a woman."
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"Wojtyla was a warrior, who did more to end the Soviet Union than even America."
Oriana Fallaci
"Wojtyla was a warrior, who did more to end the Soviet Union than even America."
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"Today the white child is sold for two dollars a week to the manufacturers."
Mary Harris Jones
"Today the white child is sold for two dollars a week to the manufacturers."
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"No one is fighting for my freedom unless they are doing it on my soil."
Ashly Lorenzana
"No one is fighting for my freedom unless they are doing it on my soil."
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"We are spending $1 billion a week in Iraq."
Tom Allen
"We are spending $1 billion a week in Iraq."
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"I also believe that the Supreme Court should be the final arbiter of all federal questions."
Judy Biggert
"I also believe that the Supreme Court should be the final arbiter of all federal questions."
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"I never considered the working class anything other than something to get out of."
Dalton Trumbo
"I never considered the working class anything other than something to get out of."
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"A healthy state encourages many voices - and lots of listening."
Kathleen Sebelius
"A healthy state encourages many voices - and lots of listening."
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"If was, increased by a lack of railways in Russia - for bringing up supplies to our advancing troops."
Gerd von Rundstedt
"If was, increased by a lack of railways in Russia - for bringing up supplies to our advancing troops."
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"You know, Democratic and Republican administrations alike have supported individuals and regimes that have slaughtered millions across the globe. And they need to be held accountable for that."
Aaron McGruder
"You know, Democratic and Republican administrations alike have supported individuals and regimes that have slaughtered millions across the globe. And they need to be held accountable for that."
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"The economic recession in America wasn't caused by bad luck; it was caused by bad Republican policies. But the Republican candidates are doubling down on the same flawed policies that led to the loss of 3.6 million jobs in the final months of 2008 and gravely affected middle class families across America."
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
"The economic recession in America wasn't caused by bad luck; it was caused by bad Republican policies. But the Republican candidates are doubling down on the same flawed policies that led to the loss of 3.6 million jobs in the final months of 2008 and gravely affected middle class families across America."
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"The British were white, English, and Protestant, just as we were. They had to have some other basis on which to justify independence, and happily they were able to formulate the inalienable truths set forth in the Declaration."
Samuel P. Huntington
"The British were white, English, and Protestant, just as we were. They had to have some other basis on which to justify independence, and happily they were able to formulate the inalienable truths set forth in the Declaration."
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"There's a basic kind of tension here. It's between those who say, I'd like to clear cut this forest and reduce it to saw timber because that's an economically productive thing for me to do."
Bruce Babbitt
"There's a basic kind of tension here. It's between those who say, I'd like to clear cut this forest and reduce it to saw timber because that's an economically productive thing for me to do."
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"A politician is a person with whose politics you don't agree; if you agree with him he's a statesman."
David Lloyd George
"A politician is a person with whose politics you don't agree; if you agree with him he's a statesman."
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"The Congress has now become a fairly evenly divided entity."
John Dingell
"The Congress has now become a fairly evenly divided entity."
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"This is indeed not only relevant to Documentary but is evident is most type of film making. The film often mirrors the experience, understanding and politics of the director."
Ben Edwards
"This is indeed not only relevant to Documentary but is evident is most type of film making. The film often mirrors the experience, understanding and politics of the director."
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"In politics, yesterday's lie is attacked only to flatter today's."
Jean Rostand
"In politics, yesterday's lie is attacked only to flatter today's."
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"America is not better off than it was $1.8 trillion dollars ago."
Mitt Romney
"America is not better off than it was $1.8 trillion dollars ago."
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"South Africa was to evolve into the most pernicious example of the criminal practise of colonial and white minority domination."
Thabo Mbeki
"South Africa was to evolve into the most pernicious example of the criminal practise of colonial and white minority domination."
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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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"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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"I have strong views about South African politics and I still don't feel I need to make public statements."
Zola Budd
"I have strong views about South African politics and I still don't feel I need to make public statements."
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"If ballots won't work, bullets will."
Malcolm X
"If ballots won't work, bullets will."
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"As in all his subsequent dealings with France, Ho Chi Minh's demands were a model of modesty."
Wilfred Burchett
"As in all his subsequent dealings with France, Ho Chi Minh's demands were a model of modesty."
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"Those who begin coercive elimination of dissent soon find themselves exterminating dissenters. Compulsory unification of opinion achieves only the unanimity of the graveyard."
Robert Jackson
"Those who begin coercive elimination of dissent soon find themselves exterminating dissenters. Compulsory unification of opinion achieves only the unanimity of the graveyard."
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"My position is not that John Kerry is either Jesus Christ or the prophet Mohammad. My position is that John Kerry is the possibility of restarting politics."
Todd Gitlin
"My position is not that John Kerry is either Jesus Christ or the prophet Mohammad. My position is that John Kerry is the possibility of restarting politics."
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"The King! I thought him enough of a philosopher to realize that there is no such thing as murder in politics. You know as well as I do, my dear boy, that in politics there are no people, only ideas; no feelings, only interests. In politics, you don't kill a man, you remove an obstacle, that's all."
Alexandre Dumas
"The King! I thought him enough of a philosopher to realize that there is no such thing as murder in politics. You know as well as I do, my dear boy, that in politics there are no people, only ideas; no feelings, only interests. In politics, you don't kill a man, you remove an obstacle, that's all."
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"After all is said that can be said upon the liquor traffic, its influence is degrading upon the individual, the family, politics and business, and upon everything that you touch in this old world."
Billy Sunday
"After all is said that can be said upon the liquor traffic, its influence is degrading upon the individual, the family, politics and business, and upon everything that you touch in this old world."
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"Is the power who is jealous of our prosperity, a proper power to govern us?"
Thomas Paine
"Is the power who is jealous of our prosperity, a proper power to govern us?"
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"Democracy is an illusion in which we all believe."
Anthony T. Hincks
"Democracy is an illusion in which we all believe."
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"I've often argued that oil and gas exploration is a state's rights issue. It is abundantly clear that the State of Florida does not want drilling to negatively affect its beaches and shores."
Jeff Miller
"I've often argued that oil and gas exploration is a state's rights issue. It is abundantly clear that the State of Florida does not want drilling to negatively affect its beaches and shores."
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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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"There would always be dishonorable things done to preserve the honor of any power."
Robin Hobb
"There would always be dishonorable things done to preserve the honor of any power."
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"Senator Kerry has been in Washington long enough to take both sides on just about every issue."
George W. Bush
"Senator Kerry has been in Washington long enough to take both sides on just about every issue."
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"The Declaration of Independence I always considered as a theatrical show. Jefferson ran away with all the stage effect of that... and all the glory of it."
John Adams
"The Declaration of Independence I always considered as a theatrical show. Jefferson ran away with all the stage effect of that... and all the glory of it."
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"True politics cannot take a single step without first paying homage to morals, and while politics itself is a difficult art, its combination with morals is no art at all; for morals cuts the Gordian knot which politics cannot solve as soon as the two are in conflict."
Immanuel Kant
"True politics cannot take a single step without first paying homage to morals, and while politics itself is a difficult art, its combination with morals is no art at all; for morals cuts the Gordian knot which politics cannot solve as soon as the two are in conflict."
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"There might be some serious fun in politics."
Hunter S. Thompson
"There might be some serious fun in politics."
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"We have always been dreamers in Montana."
Brian Schweitzer
"We have always been dreamers in Montana."
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"The first light of day today revealed what we had feared. The devastation is greater than our worst fears. It's just totally overwhelming."
Kathleen Blanco
"The first light of day today revealed what we had feared. The devastation is greater than our worst fears. It's just totally overwhelming."
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"The politics of judges is getting to be red hot."
Lindsey Graham
"The politics of judges is getting to be red hot."
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"We have a responsibility to make sure that the limited resources we have are spent efficiently and effectively and that programs achieve their mission."
James T. Walsh
"We have a responsibility to make sure that the limited resources we have are spent efficiently and effectively and that programs achieve their mission."
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"My name was on the list very early after these announcements were made through the newspapers in Europe."
Claude Nicollier
"My name was on the list very early after these announcements were made through the newspapers in Europe."
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"Promote the voluntary family; voluntarism is the only known cure for abuses of power - in politics, the economy or the family."
Stefan Molyneux
"Promote the voluntary family; voluntarism is the only known cure for abuses of power - in politics, the economy or the family."
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"Sinn Fein is the fastest growing party on the island of Ireland."
Martin McGuinness
"Sinn Fein is the fastest growing party on the island of Ireland."
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"Government is the political representative of a natural equilibrium of custom of inertia it is by no means a representative of reason."
George Santayana
"Government is the political representative of a natural equilibrium of custom of inertia it is by no means a representative of reason."
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