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"Many of America's and New York's sons and daughters are around the world fighting for the freedoms that the Statue of Liberty stands for."
Michael Bloomberg
"Many of America's and New York's sons and daughters are around the world fighting for the freedoms that the Statue of Liberty stands for."
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"It's true that it's within the realm of cultural politics that young people tend to work through political issues, which I think is good, although it's not going to solve the problems."
Angela Davis
"It's true that it's within the realm of cultural politics that young people tend to work through political issues, which I think is good, although it's not going to solve the problems."
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"Yeah, I don't deal with current events or pop culture, and I avoid politics like the plague."
Max Cannon
"Yeah, I don't deal with current events or pop culture, and I avoid politics like the plague."
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"Politicians were famous for double-speak and were consummate liars. That's why George W. Bush had to be their favorite president. It's easier to commit a fraud when the actor believes his lie to the point of a conviction."
Kenneth Eade
"Politicians were famous for double-speak and were consummate liars. That's why George W. Bush had to be their favorite president. It's easier to commit a fraud when the actor believes his lie to the point of a conviction."
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"Politics is a people business. I like people."
Laura Bush
"Politics is a people business. I like people."
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"Now I am discovering the world once more. England has widened my horizon."
Stefan Zweig
"Now I am discovering the world once more. England has widened my horizon."
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"I do care about the mercury contamination which this country will be experiencing because of the attempted sellout by this administration to special interests which will result in more mercury in the blood of young children in America."
Jay Inslee
"I do care about the mercury contamination which this country will be experiencing because of the attempted sellout by this administration to special interests which will result in more mercury in the blood of young children in America."
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"Germany is in favor of integration precisely because we don't want dominance."
Gerhard Schroder
"Germany is in favor of integration precisely because we don't want dominance."
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"In politics the middle way is none at all."
John Adams
"In politics the middle way is none at all."
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"I've analyzed the best I can... and I have not found an impeachable offense, and therefore resignation is not an acceptable course."
Richard M. Nixon
"I've analyzed the best I can... and I have not found an impeachable offense, and therefore resignation is not an acceptable course."
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"If a trip is worth taking, members of Congress should be prepared to justify paying for it out of their office accounts."
Russ Feingold
"If a trip is worth taking, members of Congress should be prepared to justify paying for it out of their office accounts."
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"The attack of John Brown upon Harper's Ferry came upon Virginia like a clap of thunder out of a clear sky."
John Sergeant Wise
"The attack of John Brown upon Harper's Ferry came upon Virginia like a clap of thunder out of a clear sky."
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"We can and must move U.S. politics forward by means of committed participation."
Paul Wellstone
"We can and must move U.S. politics forward by means of committed participation."
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"Most of today's black convicts have come to understand that they are the most abused victims of an unrighteous order."
George Jackson
"Most of today's black convicts have come to understand that they are the most abused victims of an unrighteous order."
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"Every artistic expression is either influenced by or adds something to politics."
Dario Fo
"Every artistic expression is either influenced by or adds something to politics."
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"First, the firearms industry has been around and has been respected for generations. They provide a valuable service and a highly desirable product to millions of sportsmen and supporters of those second amendment rights."
Cliff Stearns
"First, the firearms industry has been around and has been respected for generations. They provide a valuable service and a highly desirable product to millions of sportsmen and supporters of those second amendment rights."
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"In politics, victory is never total."
Donald Freed
"In politics, victory is never total."
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"I call it people-to-people politics and that's what politics should be about, reaching out and helping one another and touching one another about what we're going to do."
Sonny Perdue
"I call it people-to-people politics and that's what politics should be about, reaching out and helping one another and touching one another about what we're going to do."
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"Banning guns addresses a fundamental right of all Americans to feel safe."
Dianne Feinstein
"Banning guns addresses a fundamental right of all Americans to feel safe."
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"I didn't want to engage in a campaign where I was defending myself on those issues at every turn, so I just decided that I'd switch and run as a Republican."
Rodney Alexander
"I didn't want to engage in a campaign where I was defending myself on those issues at every turn, so I just decided that I'd switch and run as a Republican."
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"I'm disappointed that Senator DeWine once again chose to go along with his party leaders and their big corporate lobbyist supporters. Ohio deserves a Senator who will be more than a rubber stamp."
Sherrod Brown
"I'm disappointed that Senator DeWine once again chose to go along with his party leaders and their big corporate lobbyist supporters. Ohio deserves a Senator who will be more than a rubber stamp."
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"Iraq is a better place, absolutely worth it."
Paul Bremer
"Iraq is a better place, absolutely worth it."
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"There was no testimony of conspiracy - Oswald's efforts to get in touch with the Soviets and with the Cuban Fair Play groups in New York were rebuffed, rebuffed at every step."
John Sherman Cooper
"There was no testimony of conspiracy - Oswald's efforts to get in touch with the Soviets and with the Cuban Fair Play groups in New York were rebuffed, rebuffed at every step."
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"What's going on in the Senate is kind of a politics of escalation. We're getting sort of like the Mideast: pay back everybody when you're in charge."
Lindsey Graham
"What's going on in the Senate is kind of a politics of escalation. We're getting sort of like the Mideast: pay back everybody when you're in charge."
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"If there is a ground zero in the cultural wars, it is Missouri, a state where pro-life groups are strong and well organized and their agenda dominates local politics."
Eleanor Clift
"If there is a ground zero in the cultural wars, it is Missouri, a state where pro-life groups are strong and well organized and their agenda dominates local politics."
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"I've never regretted not making Linux shareware: I really don't like the pay for use binary shareware programs."
Linus Torvalds
"I've never regretted not making Linux shareware: I really don't like the pay for use binary shareware programs."
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"John Glenn craved the publicity. I think even John would admit that. When he went into politics, that became pretty obvious! He knew how to do public relations."
Wally Schirra
"John Glenn craved the publicity. I think even John would admit that. When he went into politics, that became pretty obvious! He knew how to do public relations."
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"He'll call that trickle-down. I call it Niagara Falls."
Jack Kemp
"He'll call that trickle-down. I call it Niagara Falls."
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"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."
Herbert Hoover
"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."
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"It is a violation which has obsessed the tyrants of the twentieth century. They do not want simply to kill their opponents, but to liquidate them, to deny that they have ever existed."
Helen Dunmore
"It is a violation which has obsessed the tyrants of the twentieth century. They do not want simply to kill their opponents, but to liquidate them, to deny that they have ever existed."
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"We have drained common sense out of our politics. The more we focus on tactics and games, the more good people check out and give up."
Deval Patrick
"We have drained common sense out of our politics. The more we focus on tactics and games, the more good people check out and give up."
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"We're committed to working with Congress to doing what the president said he was always going to do, which is cut the deficit in half over the - over his first term."
Christina Romer
"We're committed to working with Congress to doing what the president said he was always going to do, which is cut the deficit in half over the - over his first term."
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"Politics is a place of humble hopes and strangely modest requirements, where all are good who are not criminal and all are wise who are not ridiculously otherwise."
Frank Moore Colby
"Politics is a place of humble hopes and strangely modest requirements, where all are good who are not criminal and all are wise who are not ridiculously otherwise."
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"Our political differences, now matter how sharply they are debated, are really quite narrow in comparison to the remarkably durable national consensus on our founding convictions."
John McCain
"Our political differences, now matter how sharply they are debated, are really quite narrow in comparison to the remarkably durable national consensus on our founding convictions."
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"I had hoped that the current presidential campaign debates might educate the public as to what is really involved in the ongoing controversy over campaign financing."
James L. Buckley
"I had hoped that the current presidential campaign debates might educate the public as to what is really involved in the ongoing controversy over campaign financing."
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"To me, to be a conservative means to conserve the good parts of America and to conserve our Constitution."
Ron Paul
"To me, to be a conservative means to conserve the good parts of America and to conserve our Constitution."
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"But I make the observation that no one of us would do things exactly alike."
David Dinkins
"But I make the observation that no one of us would do things exactly alike."
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"There really has not been a strong Republican message to either the poor or the African American community at large."
Jack Kemp
"There really has not been a strong Republican message to either the poor or the African American community at large."
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"And I think there is too much bloviating around from politicians."
Barney Frank
"And I think there is too much bloviating around from politicians."
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"All the sparrows on the rooftops are crying about the fact that the most imperialist nation that is supporting the colonial regime in the colonies is the United States of America."
Nikita Khrushchev
"All the sparrows on the rooftops are crying about the fact that the most imperialist nation that is supporting the colonial regime in the colonies is the United States of America."
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"We welcome, we welcome this good cooperation between Russia and NATO."
Aleksander Kwasniewski
"We welcome, we welcome this good cooperation between Russia and NATO."
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"The important things that in a campaign we talk about, let us not forget that once the election is over."
Mike Rounds
"The important things that in a campaign we talk about, let us not forget that once the election is over."
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"I had taken on the color of the climate around me and had driven back all the emotion that rose from the Brooklyn streets so that I could belong to the exclusive club of Congress."
Emanuel Celler
"I had taken on the color of the climate around me and had driven back all the emotion that rose from the Brooklyn streets so that I could belong to the exclusive club of Congress."
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"It is my absolute intent to hold the line on taxes."
Jon Corzine
"It is my absolute intent to hold the line on taxes."
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"Working Americans who believe in our country and who believe in our Constitution are saying, 'Enough is enough!'"
John Boehner
"Working Americans who believe in our country and who believe in our Constitution are saying, 'Enough is enough!'"
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"Be your own politics, grow your own garden, and maybe you can help out more."
Rip Torn
"Be your own politics, grow your own garden, and maybe you can help out more."
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"Wise kings generally have wise counselors; and he must be a wise man himself who is capable of distinguishing one."
Diogenes
"Wise kings generally have wise counselors; and he must be a wise man himself who is capable of distinguishing one."
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"There was a very convincing argument made that the extremists have won and the aggression is now supported by the majority, therefore fighting until surrender was the only alternative."
Joichi Ito
"There was a very convincing argument made that the extremists have won and the aggression is now supported by the majority, therefore fighting until surrender was the only alternative."
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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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"There have been major disagreements within the European Union."
Jean-Pierre Raffarin
"There have been major disagreements within the European Union."
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