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Politics Quotes
"To say that an Orgota government fell means, of course, only that one group of Commensals replaced another group of Commensals in the controlling offices of the Thirty-Three. Some shadows got shorter and some longer, as they say in Karhide."
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"Fascism is not the result of dictatorship."
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"We conservatives don't have a corner on saying 'no'. We're just the ones who say it when it's the right thing to say."
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"Americans spend much of their adult lives paying taxes in various forms. We should end this practice of paying a tax that is triggered only by debt."
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"I think things changed as a result of a certain perception of our politics. When we went through our zealous, self-righteous period it didn't exactly win us any friends."
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"We're also far enough from the publishing power that we have no access to the politics of publishing, although there are interpersonal politics, of course."
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"It is necessary to take an active part in politics to observe how often the welfare of the party organization is put before the issues, even before the welfare of the commonwealth."
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"That is why with enormous regret I have tendered my resignation to the prime minister today."
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"The current minimum wage simply is not supporting Ohio's working families."
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"Any American who is prepared to run for president should automatically, by definition, be disqualified from ever doing so."
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"So my degree was in political science, which I think was - the closest I could come to marketing is politics."
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"As a taxpayer, I want to assure you that Republicans are doing everything we can to reduce wasteful spending."
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"Israel has always been and must always be America's strongest ally."
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"I was working for the Socialist International, after I left university in 1959, as a researcher."
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"First off, I'm not a scientist, and I make no apology for that."
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"It was because of my deep concerns about nuclear weapons that I went to Hiroshima. And then I was astounded in Hiroshima to find that nobody had really studied it."
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"We have not always agreed, but I have said repeatedly and publicly many times that Al Sharpton has never counseled violence, but he gets blamed for a whole lot of that."
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"I have enormous respect for Tom Daschle. The NRA has not yet taken a formal position on which I'm aware of on this matter, and I think Tom may be just getting a little ahead of things."
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"It seems that the most important thing about Reagan was his anti-Communism and his reputation as a hawk who saw the Soviet Union as an 'evil empire.'"
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"I hate politics, hate deals, and deal-making, hate meeting with attorneys and agents."
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"And I'm asking for your support because I want to defend America, as I've said before, from becoming a socialist nation."
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"I was the only person of color in the Senate, and my colleagues were Strom Thurmond, Jesse Helms and Trent Lott."
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"For many of us who were born and raised in this country, including me, it's sometimes easy to forget how special America really is."
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"Politics... have always been the systematic organization of hatreds."
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"It's clear that we need comprehensive immigration reform."
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"The trouble with Nixon is that he's a serious politics junkie. He's totally hooked and like any other junkie, he's a bummer to have around, especially as President."
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"'Never again' is the rallying cry for all who believe that mankind must speak out against genocide."
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"Politics is very interesting and always leads to conflict."
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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."
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"We didn't think taxes ought to go up. They ought to go down. We didn't think the census ought to be weakened."
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"I took Bobby Kennedy through the delta and he cried like a baby."
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"We would not have our politics distracted and embittered by the dissensions of other lands."
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"Oh, that all the things my father had told me about how disgusting Washington is are true. And again it's the system - there are lots of nice, well-meaning people there. But it's a sleazy place. And politics is all about doing favors."
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"But, although America cannot be justly charged with violating the rights of Turkey, Turkey nevertheless can be justly charged with violating the rights of America."
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"Many who think they are workers in politics are really merely tools."
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"When the freedom they wished for most was freedom from responsibility, then Athens ceased to be free and was never free again."
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"I am afraid I am a constant disappointment to my party. The fact of the matter is, the longer I am president the less of a party man I seem to become."
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