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William Blum on Politics

2011-12-24T09:42:00.001-08:00

"Propaganda is to a democracy what violence is to a dictatorship."

-- William Blum, American author.
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U.S. Peace and Freedom Party

2011-12-22T17:31:00.001-08:00

"We are united in our common commitment to socialism, democracy, feminism and unionism and our common opposition to capitalism, imperialism, racism, sexism and elitism."

-- U.S. Peace and Freedom Party.
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Tom Tancredo on Politics

2011-12-21T17:52:00.001-08:00

"The Democratic Party looks at massive immigration, legal and illegal, as a source of voters. The Republican Party looks at massive immigration, legal and illegal, as a source of cheap labor, satisfying a very important constituency."

-- Tom Tancredo, United States Conrgressman.
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Aristotle on Politics

2011-12-20T16:56:00.001-08:00

"Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are equally free, they claim to be absolutely equal."

-- Aristotle, philosopher.
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U.S. Working Families Party

2011-12-19T16:10:00.001-08:00

"We fight to hold politicians accountable on the issues working- and middle-class families care about, like good jobs, fair taxes, good schools, reliable public transportation, affordable housing, and universal healthcare."

-- U.S. Working Families Party.
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Dick Murphy on Politics

2011-12-17T12:05:00.001-08:00

"I'm convinced that unless you have some public financing of elections, you are never going to remove the power of wealthy interests over elected officials."

-- Dick Murphy, Mayor of San Diego.
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John Selden on Politics

2011-12-16T18:57:00.001-08:00

"The world cannot be governed without juggling."

-- John Selden, English jurist.
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Donna Brazile on Politics

2011-12-15T18:01:00.001-08:00

"If you're not out front defining your vision, your opponent will spend gobs of money to define it for you."

-- Donna Brazile, American political activist.
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Thomas Sowell on Politics

2011-12-13T18:01:00.001-08:00

"One of the most pervasive political visions of our time is the vision of liberals as compassionate and conservatives as less caring."

-- Thomas Sowell, American author.
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Edward Koch on Politics

2011-12-12T17:24:00.001-08:00

"If you don't like the President, it costs you 90 bucks to fly to Washington to picket. If you don't like the Governor, it costs you 60 bucks to fly to Albany to picket. If you don't like me, 90 cents."

-- Edward Koch, Mayor of New York City.
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Joseph Sobran on Politics

2011-12-11T06:48:00.001-08:00

"Politics is the conspiracy of the unproductive but organized against the productive but unorganized."

-- Joseph Sobran, American author.
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R. A. Butler on Politics

2011-12-10T07:34:00.001-08:00

"In politics you must always keep running with the pack. The moment that you falter and they sense that you are injured, the rest will turn on you like wolves."

-- R. A. Butler, British politician.
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Thomas P. O'Neill on Politics

2011-12-09T17:40:00.001-08:00

"It's easier to run for office than to run the office."

-- Thomas P. O'Neill, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives.
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L. Neil Smith on Politics

2011-12-08T16:53:00.001-08:00

"I'll remind you all, however, that for government, existence is a privilege, not a right."

-- L. Neil Smith, American author.
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Robert Bork on Politics

2011-12-07T17:09:00.001-08:00

"A society deadened by a smothering network of laws while finding release in moral chaos is not likely to be either happy or stable."

-- Robert Bork, United States Court of Appeals.
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Bob Black on Politics

2011-12-06T16:49:00.001-08:00

"Liberals say we should end employment discrimination. I say we should end employment."

-- Bob Black, American anarchist.
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Martin Van Buren on Politics

2011-12-05T16:33:00.001-08:00

"As to the presidency, the two happiest days of my life were those of my entrance upon the office and my surrender of it."

-- Martin Van Buren, President of the United States.
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Hannah Arendt on Politics

2011-12-04T06:04:00.001-08:00

"The chief qualification of a mass leader has become unending infallibility; he can never admit an error."

-- Hannah Arendt, German-Jewish political theorist.
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Maurice Barres on Politics

2011-12-03T06:41:00.001-08:00

"The politician is an acrobat. He keeps his balance by saying the opposite of what he does."

-- Maurice Barres, French politician.
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Harry Reid on Politics

2011-12-02T16:37:00.001-08:00

"It's time that America's government lived by the same values as America's families. It's time we invested in America's future and made sure our people have the skills to compete and thrive in a 21st century economy. That's what Democrats believe."

-- Harry Reid, United States Senator.
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Gary Hart on Politics

2011-11-29T03:35:00.001-08:00

"If you want the government off your back, get your hands out of its pockets."

-- Gary Hart, United States Senator.
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Friedrich Engels on Politics

2011-11-28T14:54:00.001-08:00

"The state is nothing but an instrument of oppression of one class by another - no less so in a democratic republic than in a monarchy."

-- Friedrich Engels, philosopher.
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Richard J. Codey on Politics

2011-11-27T07:08:00.001-08:00

"I want to be an advocate for the people who don't have time to read the newspaper... or the money to make a political contribution."

-- Richard J. Codey, Governor of New Jersey.
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Harry Browne on Politics

2011-11-26T07:45:00.001-08:00

"You can't give the government the power to do good without also giving it the power to do bad - in fact, to do anything it wants."

-- Harry Browne, American author.
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Charles Kennedy on Politics

2011-11-25T14:53:00.001-08:00

"There are hard choices to be made in balancing the country's security and an individual's liberties. But it is a choice that has to be faced."

-- Charles Kennedy, Scottish politician.
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William F. Buckley, Jr. on Politics

2011-11-24T09:12:00.001-08:00

"Idealism is fine, but as it approaches reality, the costs become prohibitive."

-- William F. Buckley, Jr., American author.
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Charles de Gaulle on Politics

2011-11-23T04:21:00.001-08:00

"I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians."

-- Charles de Gaulle, French statesman."
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John F. Kennedy on Politics

2011-11-22T15:09:00.001-08:00

"Washington is a city of Southern efficiency and Northern charm."

-- John F. Kennedy, President of the United States.
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Claiborne Pell on Politics

2011-11-21T16:16:00.001-08:00

"In politics, you must let the other person have your way."

-- Claiborne Pell, United States Senator.
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Robert Kennedy

2011-11-20T08:40:00.001-08:00

"One-fifth of the people are against everything all the time."

-- Robert Kennedy, United States Senator.
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James A. Garfield on Politics

2011-11-19T06:25:00.001-08:00

"The President is the last person in the world to know what the people really want and think.

-- James A. Garfield, President of the United States.
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Ted Stevens on Politics

2011-11-18T15:34:00.001-08:00

"I am guilty of asking the Senate for pork and proud of the Senate for giving it to me."

-- Ted Stevens, United States Senator.
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Dennis Miller on Politics

2011-11-17T15:11:00.001-08:00

"Washington, D.C. is to lying what Wisconsin is to cheese."

-- Dennis Miller, American entertainer.
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Sam Rayburn on Politics

2011-11-16T15:53:00.001-08:00

"When you get too big a majority, you're immediately in trouble."

-- Sam Rayburn, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives.
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Aneurin Bevan on Politics

2011-11-15T16:41:00.001-08:00

"I have never regarded politics as the arena of morals. It is the arena of interest."

-- Aneurin Bevan, Welsh politician.
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Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

2011-11-14T19:34:00.001-08:00

"Once the state has been founded, there can no longer be any heroes. They come on the scene only in uncivilized conditions."

-- Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, German philosopher.
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Ayaan Hirsi Ali on Politics

2011-11-13T08:22:00.001-08:00

"They decided to let immigrants in and I am an immigrant. They gave us a chance to participate in this country's life and I took it."

-- Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Dutch politician.
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Roy Jenkins on Politics

2011-11-12T13:14:00.001-08:00

"The great disadvantage of our present electoral system is that it freezes the pattern of politics, and holds together the incompatible because everyone assumes that if a party splits it will be electorally slaughtered."

-- Roy Jenkins, British politician.
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Barbara Boxer on Politics

2011-11-11T17:05:00.001-08:00

"I think Democrats are right. We fight for the American dream, for the environment, for privacy rights, a woman's right to choose, a good public education system."

-- Barbara Boxer, United States Senator.
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George Savile on Politics

2011-11-10T17:42:00.001-08:00

"When the people contend for their liberty, they seldom get anything by their victory but new masters."

-- George Savile, English statesman.
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Charles de Gaulle on Politics

2011-11-09T18:53:00.001-08:00

"In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant."

-- Charles de Gaulle, French statesman.
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Sargent Shriver on Politics

2011-11-08T03:13:00.001-08:00

"Does politics have to be injected into everything?"

-- Sargent Shriver, American politician.
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American Moderate Party

2011-11-06T08:07:00.001-08:00

"A party that represents the sentiments of the majority of the voters of this great nation. A party that believes in truth, honesty and integrity. A party that believes the citizens of this country deserve and demand the highest standards from the individuals seeking to be their government representatives."

-- American Moderate Party.
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Ted Kulongoski on Politics

2011-11-05T08:01:00.001-07:00

"Elections are about choosing sides, but inaugurations are about closing ranks."

-- Ted Kulongoski, Governor of Oregon.
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Phil Crane on Politics

2011-11-04T18:17:00.001-07:00

"I certainly respect privacy and privacy rights. But on the other hand, the first function of government is to guarantee the security of all the people."

-- Phil Crane, United States congressman.
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Kenneth Baker on Politics

2011-11-03T16:54:00.001-07:00

"Socialists make the mistake of confusing individual worth with success. They believe you cannot allow people to succeed in case those who fail feel worthless."

-- Kenneth Baker, British politician.
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James Polk on Politics

2011-11-02T14:58:00.001-07:00

"There is more selfishness and less principle among members of Congress than I had any conception of, before I became President of the U.S."

-- James Polk, President of the United States.
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Indira Gandhi on Politics

2011-10-31T14:51:00.001-07:00

"People tend to forget their duties but remember their rights."

-- Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India.
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John Adams on Politics

2011-10-30T08:08:00.001-07:00

"Democracy… while it lasts is more bloody than either aristocracy or monarchy. Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There is never a democracy that did not commit suicide."

-- John Adams, President of the United States.
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Lech Walesa on Politics

2011-10-29T05:27:00.001-07:00

"The supply of words in the world market is plentiful but the demand is falling. Let deeds follow words now."

-- Lech Walesa, Polish trade union and human rights activist.
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Zach Wamp on Politics

2011-10-28T14:06:00.001-07:00

"In closing, let me just thank God, on the floor of the House, for not turning away from us even though we seem to be turning away from Him."

-- Zach Wamp, United States Congressman.
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Theodore Roosevelt on Politics

2011-10-27T15:42:00.001-07:00

"A typical vice of American politics is the avoidance of saying anything real on real issues."

-- Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States.
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Hillary Clinton on Politics

2011-10-26T16:25:00.001-07:00

"The challenge is to practice politics as the art of making what appears to be impossible, possible."

-- Hillary Clinton, United States Secretary of State.
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Geoff Davis on Politics

2011-10-25T14:57:00.001-07:00

"Two million dollars is only small when you're talking about Washington, D.C."

-- Geoff Davis, United States Congressman.
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Richard Reeves on Politics

2011-10-24T15:19:00.001-07:00

"A lot of history is just dirty politics cleaned up for the consumption of children and other innocents."

-- Richard Reeves, American author.
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William Proxmire on Politics

2011-10-23T08:18:00.001-07:00

"Power always has to be kept in check; power exercised in secret, especially under the cloak of national security, is doubly dangerous."

-- William Proxmire, United States Senator.
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Bill Owens on Politics

2011-10-22T03:06:00.001-07:00

"Government frequently has a problem recognizing perception versus reality."

-- Bill Owens, Governor of Colorado.
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Herbert Hoover on Politics

2011-10-20T08:15:00.001-07:00

"When we are sick, we want an uncommon doctor; when we have a construction job to do, we want an uncommon engineer, and when we are at war, we want an uncommon general. It is only when we get into politics that we are satisfied with the common man."

-- Herbert Hoover, President of the United States.
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Paul Begala on Politics

2011-10-19T03:36:00.001-07:00

"Politics is show business for ugly people."

-- Paul Begala, American political consultant.
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Workers World Party on Politics

2011-10-18T04:05:00.001-07:00

"Our party fights for a socialist society—where the wealth is socially owned and production is planned to satisfy human need. We promote international working-class solidarity, the right of every nation to sovereignty and self-determination, and militant resistance at home to imperialist interventions and wars."

-- Workers World party.
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Richard Mentor Johnson

2011-10-17T05:42:00.001-07:00

"What other nations call religious toleration, we call religious rights. They are not exercised in virtue of governmental indulgence, but as rights, of which government cannot deprive any portion of citizens, however small."

-- Richard Mentor Johnson, Vice President of the United States.
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David Ben-Gurion on Politics

2011-10-16T06:53:00.001-07:00

“Courage is a special kind of knowledge: the knowledge of how to fear what ought to be feared and how not to fear what ought not to be feared”

-- David Ben-Gurion, Prime Minister of Israel.
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Craig Washington on Politics

2011-10-15T07:56:00.001-07:00

"I prefer a man who will burn the flag and then wrap himself in the Constitution to a man who will burn the Constitution and then wrap himself in the flag."

-- Craig Washington, United States Congressman.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower on Politics

2011-10-14T03:57:00.001-07:00

"A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both."

-- Dwight D. Eisenhower, President of the United States.
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Margaret Thatcher on Politics

2011-10-13T03:13:00.001-07:00

"Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understanding the problems of running a country."

-- Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
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Lord Hailsham on Politics

2011-10-12T03:56:00.001-07:00

"The introduction of religious passion into politics is the end of honest politics, and the introduction of politics into religion is the prostitution of true religion."

-- Lord Hailsham, British politician.
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Eleanor Roosevelt on Politics

2011-10-11T03:57:00.001-07:00

"Sometimes I wonder if we shall ever grow up in our politics and say definite things which mean something, or whether we shall always go on using generalities to which everyone can subscribe, and which mean very little."

-- Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady of the United States.
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Bob Inglis on Politics

2011-10-10T04:40:00.001-07:00

"We are a nation of laws and a nation of immigrants."

-- Bob Inglis, United States Congressman.
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Alec Douglas-Home on Politics

2011-10-09T08:10:00.001-07:00

"There are two problems in my life. The political ones are insoluble and the economic ones are incomprehensible."

-- Alec Douglas-Home, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
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Pat Oliphant on Politics

2011-10-08T08:14:00.001-07:00

"I hate changes of administrations, because I have all my villains in place and they are all taken away and replaced with faceless wonders nobody knows."

-- Pat Oliphant, American cartoonist.
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George Nethercutt on Politics

2011-10-07T03:22:00.001-07:00

"If I can't affect some change in six years, maybe I'm in the wrong place."

-- George Nethercutt, United States Congressman.
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Gerry Adams on Politics

2011-10-06T04:08:00.001-07:00

"It will always be a battle a day between those who want maximum change and those who want to maintain the status quo."

-- Gerry Adams, Irish politician.
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Alfred E. Smith on Politics

2011-10-05T04:06:00.001-07:00

"The American people never carry an umbrella. They prepare to walk in eternal sunshine."

-- Alfred E. Smith, Governor of New York.
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Rutherford B. Hayes on Politics

2011-10-04T04:06:00.001-07:00

"I am a radical in thought (and principle) and a conservative in method (and conduct)."

-- Rutherford B. Hayes, President of the United States.
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Al Sharpton on Politics

2011-10-03T04:21:00.001-07:00

"If Charlton Heston can have a constitutional right carry a rifle, why can't grandma have a constitutional right to health care?"

-- Al Sharpton, American social activist.
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Mohandas Gandhi on Politics

2011-10-02T07:56:00.001-07:00

"A religion that takes no account of practical affairs and does not help to solve them is no religion."

-- Mohandas Gandhi, political and spiritual leader of India.
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Jimmy Carter on Politics

2011-10-01T07:24:00.001-07:00

"We cannot be both the world's leading champion of peace and the world's leading supplier of the weapons of war."

-- Jimmy Carter, President of the United States.
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Christie Todd Whitman on Politics

2011-09-29T04:11:00.001-07:00

"Anyone who thinks that they are too small to make a difference has never tried to fall asleep with a mosquito in the room."

-- Christie Todd Whitman, Governor of New Jersey.
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Confucius on Politics

2011-09-28T04:05:00.001-07:00

"In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of."

-- Confucius.
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Samuel Adams on Politics

2011-09-27T03:13:00.001-07:00

"Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason."

-- Samuel Adams, American statesman.
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Sam Ervin on Politics

2011-09-26T04:29:00.001-07:00

"The President seems to extend executive privilege way out past the atmosphere. What he says is executive privilege is nothing but executive poppycock."

-- Sam Ervin, United States Senator.
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Hugo Black on Politics

2011-09-25T08:20:00.001-07:00

"A union of government and religion tends to destroy government and degrade religion."

-- Hugo Black, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court.
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Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini

2011-09-24T06:01:00.001-07:00

“We do not worship Iran, we worship Allah. For patriotism is another name for paganism. I say let this land burn. I say let this land go up in smoke, provided Islam emerges triumphant in the rest of the world.”

-- Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Supreme Leader of Iran.
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Jeff Miller on Politics

2011-09-23T04:14:00.001-07:00

"But recently it seems that each time I vote, I am being asked to compromise my conservative ideals and my commitment to the American taxpayer simply for the benefit of political gain."

-- Jeff Miller, United States Congressman.
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James Bovard on Politics

2011-09-22T04:02:00.001-07:00

"Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner."

-- James Bovard, American author.
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Michael Novak on Politics

2011-09-21T04:05:00.001-07:00

"Our political institutions work remarkably well. They are designed to clang against each other. The noise is democracy at work."

-- Michael Novak, American author.
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Reform Party on Politics

2011-09-20T04:06:00.001-07:00

"We commit ourselves to reform our political system. Together we will work to re-establish trust in our government by electing ethical officials, dedicated to fiscal responsibility and political accountability."

-- Reform Party of the United States.
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H. L. Mencken on Politics

2011-09-19T04:09:00.001-07:00

"Every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods."

-- H. L. Mencken, American author.
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Aristotle on Politics

2011-09-18T08:02:00.001-07:00

"The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes."

-- Aristotle, philosopher.
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Charles Grassley on Politics

2011-09-17T05:19:00.001-07:00

"If I move one way, I lose a couple votes. If I move another way, I lose a couple votes."

-- Charles Grassley, United States Senator.
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Joe McGinniss on Politics

2011-09-16T03:55:00.001-07:00

"Politics, in a sense, has always been a con game."

-- Joe McGinniss, American author.
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William Howard Taft on Politics

2011-09-15T04:33:00.001-07:00

"We live in a stage of politics, where legislators seem to regard the passage of laws as much more important than the results of their enforcement."

-- William Howard Taft, President of the United States.
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Lewis H. Lapham on Politics

2011-09-14T04:05:00.001-07:00

"Of what does politics consist except the making of imperfect decisions, many of them unjust and quite a few of them deadly?"

-- Lewis H. Lapham, American author.
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Henry Fountain Ashurst on Politics

2011-09-13T03:50:00.001-07:00

"When I have to choose between voting for the people or the special interests, I always stick with the special interests. They remember. The people forget."

-- Henry Fountain Ashurst, United States senator.
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Plato on Politics

2011-09-12T05:42:00.001-07:00

"Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws."

-- Plato, philosopher.
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David Broder on Politics

2011-09-11T07:17:00.001-07:00

"Anybody who wants the presidency so much that he'll spend two years organizing and campaigning for it is not to be trusted with the office."

-- David Broder, American journalist.
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Molly Ivins on Politics

2011-09-10T03:53:00.001-07:00

"The thing about democracy, beloveds, is that it is not neat, orderly, or quiet. It requires a certain relish for confusion."

-- Molly Ivins, American author.
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American Reform Party

2011-09-09T03:28:00.001-07:00

"If we are ever successful in this effort, our philosophy will then be "populist" thereby, and more representative of the Democratic Republic we profess ourselves to be a government, "of the people, by the people, and for the people."

-- American Reform Party.
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Claude Pepper on Politics

2011-09-08T04:04:00.001-07:00

"The mistake a lot of politicians make is in forgetting they've been appointed and thinking they've been anointed."

-- Claude Pepper, United States Congressman.
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Everett Dirksen on Politics

2011-09-07T03:58:00.001-07:00

"A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you're talking about real money."

-- Everett Dirksen, United States Senator.
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