Politics Quotes

The whole idea of a democracy is that we ourselves, the people, are supposed to make a path of our politics, and it is we who with our feet and our vote and our labors and our vigilance are supposed to shape our country.

Eugene Jarecki

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I grew up with an infestation of politics. I'm just nuts about it. It's our form of gladiators in the arena, only they are not in quite as good a shape.

Rod Lurie

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The 'Black Panther' series was never really about the Black Panther at all. The State Department guy, Everett K. Ross, was the series protagonist, so politics was simply a logical part of the character's tool set.

Christopher Priest

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'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.

Thomas Paine

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Our culture is more shaped by the arts and humanities than it often is by politics.

Jim Leach

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Barack Obama's historic 2008 presidential campaign touched on all the themes I have covered throughout my career and all of the layers of meaning that run through black politics. Ambition. Aspiration. Fear. Folly. It was all on display as Obama boarded the roller coaster that ultimately led to the White House.

Gwen Ifill

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Chicago is known for good steaks, expensive stores and beautiful architecture. Unfortunately, the Windy City also enjoys a reputation for corrupt politics, violent crime, and some of the strictest gun control laws anywhere in the country.

Bob Barr

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Here's a very good rule of thumb in politics: losing begets losing.

John Podhoretz

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Politics - I still think it's a bunch of liars and a bunch of self-interest. It's not about the people: it's about themselves and their rise to power. They are voting on things based on whether they will have the support of the people when they vote next time. They don't have the balls to say, 'I believe in this. I don't care what happens.'

Jay-Z

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Politics means competition, especially in senior positions. If you don't know that, you're not especially suited to politics.

Wolfgang Schauble

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May the States be so bound to each other as forever to defy European politics. Upon that union, their consequence, their happiness, will depend. This is the first wish of a heart more truly American than words can express.

Marquis de Lafayette

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Politics is a strong and slow boring of hard boards.

Max Weber

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Politics need to stop treating women as a special-interest group.

Eva Longoria

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It is the desire of the good people of the whole country that sectionalism as a factor in our politics should disappear.

Rutherford B. Hayes

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When I was a kid, I wanted to be in business or politics, like a CEO of a big corporation or a U.S. senator. There were also times I wanted to be an astronaut or a military officer. Yes, there were moments when I thought about doing this as a woman.

Chelsea Manning

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I think, in politics, half the people are gonna like you, and half the people are not gonna like you, no matter what you do or what you say... It's like there are no right answers. If there were, everyone would choose the right answers. They're all opinions.

Tom Brady

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I have a temperament that doesn't adapt well to politics. It's because I speak my mind so much.

Joaquim Barbosa

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What I love to do is the policy. The politics, I'm brand-new at.

James Lankford

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You have to have a sense of humor about all of it - the Emmys and politics and everything.

Billy Eichner

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Alliance - in international politics, the union of two thieves who have their hands so deeply inserted in each other's pockets that they cannot separately plunder a third.

Ambrose Bierce

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To truly care about this country is to demonstrate that you care about her politics the same when you're winning as when you're losing.

Jason Kander

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When you enter the realm of politics, you don't enter it because you want to be popular. When I want to be popular, I pull on a guitar and sing a song.

Wyclef Jean

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Mitt Romney is a nice guy. But, we know where nice guys finish in politics.

Mark McKinnon

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Liberalism is, I think, resurgent. One reason is that more and more people are so painfully aware of the alternative.

John Kenneth Galbraith

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