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Politics Quotes
"I'm sure that you could go back and make a graph showing that all the killings of black males increased in times of economic difficulty. As a matter of fact, a black man was lynched last year."
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"The state exists for man,not man for the state.The same may be said ofscience. These are old phrases,coined by people who saw in human individuality the highest human value .I would hesitate to repeat them,were it not for the ever recurring danger that they may be forgotten,especially in these days of organization and stereotypes."
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"Politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians."
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"You have to be careful how you're using the word boycott."
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"Americans were told repeatedly by President Bush and Vice President Cheney that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. None were ever found."
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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."
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"Working together during the past three years, we have confounded the skeptics and the cynics. We've shown that here in Virginia, Democrats and Republicans can come together, put politics aside, and make tough decisions when times demand it."
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"Isn't it fitting that so many of those who have contempt for the private sector will soon find themselves back in it?"
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"Journalists do not live by words alone, although sometimes they have to eat them."
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"Serious affairs and history are carefully laid snares for the uninformed."
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"The first requirement of politics is not intellect or stamina but patience. Politics is a very long run game and the tortoise will usually beat the hare."
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"I think that what most surprises anybody who goes into politics from even a modestly cerebral background is the vulgarity of much of the cut and thrust of politics."
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"Vimes had once discussed the Ephebian idea of 'democracy' with Carrot, and had been rather interested in the idea that everyone had a vote until he found out that while he, Vimes, would have a vote, there was no way in the rules that anyone could prevent Nobby Nobbs from having one as well. Vimes could see the flaw there straight away."
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"If you see something is going wrong within politics and the world today, then some Hip Hop artist is gonna come along and get straight with it. If they think that there's a lot of racism going on then there's another Hip Hop artist who's gonna come out and speak their mind."
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"We should insist that governments receiving American aid live up to standards of accountability and transparency, and we should support countries that embrace market reforms, democracy, and the rule of law."
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"Print is the sharpest and the strongest weapon of our party."
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"Today, for a Jew who writes in the German language, it is totally impossible to make a living. In no group do I see as much misery, disappointment, desperation and hopelessness as in Jewish writers who write in German."
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"Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage."
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"Unless we repeal the illegal Byrd amendment, American exports will be vulnerable to retaliation, and the U.S. will continue to face a difficult task convincing other countries to make their laws comply with international rules."
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"Sometimes I wonder whether Washington's liberal politicians truly understand the greatness that is America."
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"I worked in the media from the late 30's through the early 70's. Politics in general became more liberal both nationally and within the state as the years passed."
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"That, sir, depends on whether I embrace your mistress or your politics."
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"A healthy state encourages many voices - and lots of listening."
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"Living in Washington, you can't take politics too seriously. I draw the line at honesty. I have no time for political hacks who say things they don't believe because they get paid to."
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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."
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"I am 1,000 percent for Tom Eagleton and I have no intention of dropping him from the ticket."
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"Of course, it's imperative that we stabilize Iraq and quickly reduce our armed role there."
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"Legislators and revolutionaries who promise equality and liberty at the same time, are either psychopaths or mountebanks."
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"Require... electoral votes to be allocated in proportion to the popular votes."
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"All politicians should have 3 hats - one to throw into the ring, one to talk through, and one to pull rabbits out of if elected."
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"In a post-9/11 world, diversity has become even more important."
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"The Odyssey is the story of Americans up to the point where they are well-established, and even so it is detached from the historical side."
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"Globalisation has made us more vulnerable. It creates a world without borders, and makes us painfully aware of the limitations of our present instruments, and of politics, to meet its challenges."
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"I hate all politics. I don't like either political party. One should not belong to them - one should be an individual, standing in the middle. Anyone that belongs to a party stops thinking."
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"I don't envisage collectivism. There is no such animal, it is always individualism, sometimes the rest vote and sometimes they do not, and if they do they do and if they do not they do not."
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"The American fascist would prefer not to use violence. His method is to poison the channels of public information."
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"The world is weary of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians."
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"Elections are about choosing sides, but inaugurations are about closing ranks."
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"Actually lowering the cost of insurance would be accomplished by such things as making it harder for lawyers to win frivolous lawsuits against insurance companies."
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