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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