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"I'm a Republican, by the way."
Charles Evers
"I'm a Republican, by the way."
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"I've always looked upon politics as a very boring thing. Politics never interested me as much as the people involved in it."
Pat Oliphant
"I've always looked upon politics as a very boring thing. Politics never interested me as much as the people involved in it."
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"Israel has always been and must always be America's strongest ally."
George E. Pataki
"Israel has always been and must always be America's strongest ally."
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"Since Social Security was established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1935 to ensure economic security for American workers, poverty among American seniors has dramatically declined."
Steve Israel
"Since Social Security was established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1935 to ensure economic security for American workers, poverty among American seniors has dramatically declined."
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"I hate politics, hate deals, and deal-making, hate meeting with attorneys and agents."
Kathie Lee Gifford
"I hate politics, hate deals, and deal-making, hate meeting with attorneys and agents."
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"Politics... have always been the systematic organization of hatreds."
Henry Brooks Adams
"Politics... have always been the systematic organization of hatreds."
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"The state of the world, of course, is constantly changing, and so is theory."
Teresa de Lauretis
"The state of the world, of course, is constantly changing, and so is theory."
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"We ought to disarm Germany completely."
George William Norris
"We ought to disarm Germany completely."
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"I'm not a politician and don't want any part of politics."
Calvin Klein
"I'm not a politician and don't want any part of politics."
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"I first came out against Castro in June 1968, fifteen months after my book had been published, and you cannot imagine how quickly a void was created around me."
Guillermo Cabrera Infante
"I first came out against Castro in June 1968, fifteen months after my book had been published, and you cannot imagine how quickly a void was created around me."
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"Beyond this day, no thinking person could fail to see what would happen."
Oskar Schindler
"Beyond this day, no thinking person could fail to see what would happen."
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"America is a country of inventors, and the greatest of inventors are the newspaper men."
Alexander Graham Bell
"America is a country of inventors, and the greatest of inventors are the newspaper men."
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"You should never ask actors about politics."
Liev Schreiber
"You should never ask actors about politics."
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"If I were John Bolton, I'd take great consolation in the words of my principal supporter on the committee, who gave a ringing endorsement, which was, There is no evidence that he has broken any laws."
Mark Shields
"If I were John Bolton, I'd take great consolation in the words of my principal supporter on the committee, who gave a ringing endorsement, which was, There is no evidence that he has broken any laws."
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"He's suffering from Politicians' Logic. Something must be done, this is something, therefore we must do it."
Antony Jay
"He's suffering from Politicians' Logic. Something must be done, this is something, therefore we must do it."
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"As a consequence of the victories we have registered during our first ten years of freedom, we have laid a firm foundation for the new advances we must and will make during the next decade."
Thabo Mbeki
"As a consequence of the victories we have registered during our first ten years of freedom, we have laid a firm foundation for the new advances we must and will make during the next decade."
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"We should start by allowing drilling in Alaska's National Wildlife Refuge. It can provide billions of barrels of recoverable oil and trillions of cubic feet of recoverable natural gas."
Mac Thornberry
"We should start by allowing drilling in Alaska's National Wildlife Refuge. It can provide billions of barrels of recoverable oil and trillions of cubic feet of recoverable natural gas."
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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 will not send troops. Germany is not committed to Iraq - we will not commit ourselves with troops."
Joschka Fischer
"We will not send troops. Germany is not committed to Iraq - we will not commit ourselves with troops."
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"Liberalism is a most important by-product of Rationalism, and its origins and ideology must be clearly shown."
Francis Parker Yockey
"Liberalism is a most important by-product of Rationalism, and its origins and ideology must be clearly shown."
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"I have always hated celebrities lecturing people on politics. So forgive me. But I am passionate about this country. I am equally passionate about the potential of the people who live here."
Simon Cowell
"I have always hated celebrities lecturing people on politics. So forgive me. But I am passionate about this country. I am equally passionate about the potential of the people who live here."
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"Sports and politics don't mix."
Eric Heiden
"Sports and politics don't mix."
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"The first is the law, the last prerogative."
John Dryden
"The first is the law, the last prerogative."
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"This whole phenomenon of the diversion of organizations from their purposes and ideals does not seem very serious when the scum rise to the top in the bridge club or the offices of a small magazine publisher."
Robert Shea
"This whole phenomenon of the diversion of organizations from their purposes and ideals does not seem very serious when the scum rise to the top in the bridge club or the offices of a small magazine publisher."
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"You can't ignore politics, no matter how much you'd like to."
Molly Ivins
"You can't ignore politics, no matter how much you'd like to."
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"Setting a good example is a far better way to spread ideals than through force of arms."
Ron Paul
"Setting a good example is a far better way to spread ideals than through force of arms."
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"I'd be prouder still to say I was Canada's 10th woman prime minister."
Kim Campbell
"I'd be prouder still to say I was Canada's 10th woman prime minister."
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"In Cyberspace, the First Amendment is a local ordinance."
John Perry Barlow
"In Cyberspace, the First Amendment is a local ordinance."
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"When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe, we shall become as corrupt as Europe."
Thomas Jefferson
"When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe, we shall become as corrupt as Europe."
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"It is the duty of the President to propose and it is the privilege of the Congress to dispose."
Franklin D. Roosevelt
"It is the duty of the President to propose and it is the privilege of the Congress to dispose."
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"I think to be in politics you have to have the taste for blood on that."
Moira Kelly
"I think to be in politics you have to have the taste for blood on that."
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"But Italy can only have any real influence on world affairs if it carries weight in Europe."
Romano Prodi
"But Italy can only have any real influence on world affairs if it carries weight in Europe."
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"Anybody who doesn't know that politics is crime has got a few screws loose."
James Ellroy
"Anybody who doesn't know that politics is crime has got a few screws loose."
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"If Lincoln were alive today, he'd be turning over in his grave."
Gerald R. Ford
"If Lincoln were alive today, he'd be turning over in his grave."
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"Whenever a man has cast a longing eye on offices, a rottenness begins in his conduct."
Thomas Jefferson
"Whenever a man has cast a longing eye on offices, a rottenness begins in his conduct."
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"Politicians are no different than the rest of the public."
Scott McCallum
"Politicians are no different than the rest of the public."
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"Any deal that recognizes Iran "right" to enrich is a prelude to fiasco and tragedy."
Ziad K. Abdelnour
"Any deal that recognizes Iran "right" to enrich is a prelude to fiasco and tragedy."
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"Politics is just like show business. You have a hell of an opening, coast for a while, and then have a hell of a close."
Ronald Reagan
"Politics is just like show business. You have a hell of an opening, coast for a while, and then have a hell of a close."
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"You must pursue this investigation of Watergate even if it leads to the president. I'm innocent. You've got to believe I'm innocent. If you don't, take my job."
Richard M. Nixon
"You must pursue this investigation of Watergate even if it leads to the president. I'm innocent. You've got to believe I'm innocent. If you don't, take my job."
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"If we increase spending, we have got to raise taxes or any combination."
Bobby Scott
"If we increase spending, we have got to raise taxes or any combination."
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"Politics is applesauce."
Will Rogers
"Politics is applesauce."
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"The first pork-barrel bill that crosses my desk, I'm going to veto it and make the authors of those pork-barrel items famous all over America."
John McCain
"The first pork-barrel bill that crosses my desk, I'm going to veto it and make the authors of those pork-barrel items famous all over America."
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"I think that if politics is just about getting your backside on important seats, then it's a pretty worthless endeavor."
Chris Patten
"I think that if politics is just about getting your backside on important seats, then it's a pretty worthless endeavor."
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"In the three years since our nation began operations in Iraq, more than 2,500 Americans have been killed and more than 18,000 Americans have been seriously wounded."
Ike Skelton
"In the three years since our nation began operations in Iraq, more than 2,500 Americans have been killed and more than 18,000 Americans have been seriously wounded."
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"I would give relief from the first $10,000 of the payroll tax. I would allow small businesses to accelerate depreciation so they would have an incentive to buy now rather than defer. I would also give to the states $40 billion of relief."
Bob Graham
"I would give relief from the first $10,000 of the payroll tax. I would allow small businesses to accelerate depreciation so they would have an incentive to buy now rather than defer. I would also give to the states $40 billion of relief."
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"I think politics is important. It's how we run our society. I think it should be natural to have an interest in the subject, and I almost don't understand why some people don't."
Chester Brown
"I think politics is important. It's how we run our society. I think it should be natural to have an interest in the subject, and I almost don't understand why some people don't."
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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."
Carl Sandburg
"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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"Fascism is itself less 'ideological', in so far as it openly proclaims the principle of domination that is elsewhere concealed."
Theodor Adorno
"Fascism is itself less 'ideological', in so far as it openly proclaims the principle of domination that is elsewhere concealed."
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"Radical changes in world politics leave America with a heightened responsibility to be, for the world, an example of a genuinely free, democratic, just and humane society."
Pope John Paul II
"Radical changes in world politics leave America with a heightened responsibility to be, for the world, an example of a genuinely free, democratic, just and humane society."
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"The first time you went out, you became mixed up with a group of radical political terrorists."That could have happened to anyone!"
Lisa Kleypas
"The first time you went out, you became mixed up with a group of radical political terrorists."That could have happened to anyone!"
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