Paddy Ashdown on Politics

"Politics is about putting yourself in a state of grace."

-- Paddy Ashdown, British politician.
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Ralph Nader on Politics

"The only difference between the Republican and Democratic parties is the velocities with which their knees hit the floor when corporations knock on their door."

-- Ralph Nader, American political activist.
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Malcolm Wallop on Politics

"The Declaration of Independence is such an extraordinary statement - it was designed by people skeptical of government, local or national, but in particular national."

-- Malcolm Wallop, United States Senator.
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Zell Miller on Politics

"Twenty years of votes can tell you much more about a man than twenty weeks of campaign rhetoric. Campaign talk tells people who you want them to think you are. How you vote tells people who you really are deep inside."

-- Zell Miller, United States Senator.
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Frank Luntz on Politics

"One of the things that you have trouble with politicians, particularly in Washington, is when you get mad at them and you can't touch them; you can't punch them; you can't yell at them."

-- Frank Luntz, American political consultant.
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Andy Rooney on Politics

"The only people who say worse things about politicians than reporters do are other politicians."

-- Andy Rooney, American broadcast journalist.
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George Washington on Politics

"Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master."

-- George Washington, President of the United States.
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John Rawls on Politics

"In constant pursuit of money to finance campaigns, the political system is simply unable to function. Its deliberative powers are paralyzed."

-- John Rawls, American philosopher.
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Hunter S. Thompson on Politics

"Politics is the art of controlling your environment."

-- Hunter S. Thompson, American journalist.
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Peter Schuyler on Politics

"To be fair, lying is part and parcel of public life. Every politician has lied about something because they are owned by the special interest groups that finance their elections."

-- Peter Schuyler, Governor of New York.
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Noam Chomsky on Politics

"To some degree it matters who's in office, but it matters more how much pressure they're under from the public."

-- Noam Chomsky, American author.
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Dick Armey on Politics

"Three groups spend other people's money: children, thieves, politicians. All three need supervision."

-- Dick Armey, United States Congressman.
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Henry Wilson on Politics

"I believe if we introduced the Lord's Prayer here, senators would propose a large number of amendments to it."

-- Henry Wilson, Vice President of the United States.
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Susan B. Anthony on Politics

"Men, their rights, and nothing more; women, their rights, and nothing less."

-- Susan B. Anthony, American civil rights leader.
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Michael Bloomberg on Politics

"I've got the greatest job in the world. There's no other job in government where cause and effect is so tightly coupled where you can make a difference every day in so many different ways and in so many different people's lives. It's a great challenge."

-- Michael Bloomberg, Mayor of New York City.
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Arlen Specter on Politics

"The fundamental purpose of government is to protect its citizens."

-- Arlen Specter, United States Senator.
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Abraham Lincoln on Politics

"The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly."

-- Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States.
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Rob Simmons on Politics

"The best governor in the world is the person who never really planned to be governor."

-- Rob Simmons, United States Congressman.
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Harold MacMillan on Politics

"If people want a sense of purpose they should get it from their archbishop. They should certainly not get it from their politicians."

-- Harold MacMillan, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
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William Henry Harrison on Politics

"I believe that all the measures of the Government are directed to the purpose of making the rich richer and the poor poorer."

-- William Henry Harrison, President of the United States.
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George Carlin on Politics

"I think people should be allowed to do anything they want. We haven't tried that for a while. Maybe this time it'll work."

-- George Carlin, American entertainer.
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American Heritage Party

"Imagine a political party that recognizes it is God alone who prospers a nation, and seeks to be faithful, relying on prayer and His Sovereignty in all its efforts!"

-- American Heritage Party.
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Ronald Reagan on Politics

"Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first."

-- Ronald Reagan, President of the United States.
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Adlai E. Stevenson on Politics

"The hardest thing about any political campaign is how to win without proving that you are unworthy of winning."

-- Adlai E. Stevenson, Governor of Illinois.
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Lord Salisbury on Politics

"One of the nuisances of the ballot is that when the oracle has spoken you never know what it means."

-- Lord Salisbury, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
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Woodrow Wilson on Politics

"Every man who takes office in Washington either grows or swells, and when I give a man an office, I watch him carefully to see whether he is growing or swelling."

-- Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States.
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Ayn Rand on Politics

"A government is the most dangerous threat to man's rights: it holds a legal monopoly on the use of physical force against legally disarmed victims."

-- Ayn Rand, Russian philosopher.
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Paul Gillmor on Politics

"We are putting more and more power into a system which is less and less able to carry it reliably."

-- Paul Gillmor, United States Congressman.
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