Saul Alinsky on Politics

"Life is a corrupting process from the time a child learns to play his mother off against his father in the politics of when to go to bed; he who fears corruption fears life."

-- Saul Alinsky, American community organizer.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt on Politics

"The United States Constitution has proved itself the most marvelously elastic compilation of rules of government ever written"

-- Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States.
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Thomas Paine on Politics

"Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one."

-- Thomas Paine, American revolutionary.
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Michael Badnarik on Politics

"The government never does anything successfully."

-- Michael Badnarik, American politician.
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Edward Abbey on Politics

"A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government."

-- Edward Abbey, American author.
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Kate Millett on Politics

"Politics is repetition. It is not change. Change is something beyond what we call politics. Change is the essence politics is supposed to be the means to bring into being."

-- Kate Millett, American social activist.
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Frank Lautenberg on Politics

"One thing I have learned in my time in politics is that if one of the parties is shameless, the other party cannot afford to be spineless."

-- Frank Lautenberg, United States Senator.
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Winston Churchill on Politics

"The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter."

-- Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
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Antonio Gramsci on Politics

"The abolition of the class struggle does not mean the abolition of the need to struggle as a principle of development."

-- Antonio Gramsci, Italian philosopher.
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Pete du Pont on Politics

"Things move very slowly in politics. We seem to fight the same wars over and over again."

-- Pete du Pont, Governor of Delaware.
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Vladimir Lenin on Politics

"To rely upon conviction, devotion, and other excellent spiritual qualities; that is not to be taken seriously in politics."

-- Vladimir Lenin, Communist revolutionary.
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Anne Northup on Politics

"A large family and Democrats have a lot in common: teenagers and Democrats are always happy spending other people's money."

-- Anne Northup, United States Congresswoman.
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Paul Tsongas on Politics

"You are Americans. You love this country. Together we are entrusted with the principles that represent mankind's greatest political and social achievement."

-- Paul Tsongas, United States Senator.
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Charles de Secondat on Politics

"Republics end through luxury; monarchies through poverty."

-- Charles de Secondat, French philosopher.
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Ruth Ann Minner on Politics

"Our promise to our children should be this: if you do well in school, we will pay for you to obtain a college degree."

-- Ruth Ann Minner, Governor of Delaware.
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Howard Zinn on Politics

"If the gods had intended for people to vote, they would have given us candidates."

-- Howard Zinn, American political scientist.
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Maureen Dowd on Politics

"Celebrity distorts democracy by giving the rich, beautiful, and famous more authority than they deserve."

-- Maureen Dowd, American journalist.
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Hubert H. Humphrey on Politics

"The President is the people's lobbyist."

-- Hubert H. Humphrey, Vice President of the United States.
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Edmund Burke on Politics

"It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare."

-- Edmund Burke, Irish philosopher.
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Alexander Hamilton on Politics

"Constitutions should consist only of general provisions; the reason is that they must necessarily be permanent, and that they cannot calculate for the possible change of things."

-- Alexander Hamilton, United States Secretary of the Treasury.
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Rush Limbaugh on Politics

"If Thomas Jefferson thought taxation without representation was bad, he should see how it is with representation."

-- Rush Limbaugh, American entertainer.
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Richard M. Nixon on Politics

"I played by the rules of politics as I found them."

-- Richard M. Nixon, President of the United States.
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Jerry Garcia on Politics

"Constantly choosing the lesser of two evils is still choosing evil."

-- Jerry Garcia, Amercian musician.
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Charles Sumner on Politics

"From the beginning of our history the country has been afflicted with compromise. It is by compromise that human rights have been abandoned."

-- Charles Sumner, American statesman.
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Theodore Roosevelt on Politics

"Speak softly and carry a big stick."

-- Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States.
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Gore Vidal on Politics

"Apparently, a democracy is a place where numerous elections are held at great cost without issues and with interchangeable candidates."

-- Gore Vidal, American author.
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Frank Rich on Politics

It is kind of tedious after a while, to parse politicians doing the same thing over and over again. The facts change from week to week, but the sort of masquerade doesn't.

-- Frank Rich, American author and commentator.
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Thomas Jefferson on Politics

"I am not among those who fear the people. They, not the rich, are our dependence for continued freedom."

-- Thomas Jefferson, founder of the U.S. Democratic Party.
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Barry Goldwater on Politics

"Where is the politician who has not promised to fight to the death for lower taxes and who has not proceeded to vote for the very spending projects that make tax cuts impossible?"

-- Barry Goldwater, United States Senator.
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Winston Churchill

"Politics is the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen."

-- Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
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