- Cracking
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- Nov 07, 2020
Political Quotes
Political life, criticized and examined from several sides.
This set includes one quote critical of a named judge's judicial philosophy, alongside more general observations about school boards serving as a training ground for political leadership. For satirical takes on politics, see Jokes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Favors
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- Nov 07, 2020
Far from trying to rig the system, I have spent decades opposing cronyism and all political favors, including mandates, subsidies and protective tariffs - even when we benefit from them.
- Always
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- Nov 07, 2020
The one thing that's always been the center of my political thinking - and it goes back to when I was 19 and editor of my college paper - is an abhorrence of the extreme.
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
All political power is a trust.
- Nov 07, 2020
To run an effective political party you need a degree of tribalism, it's the glue that holds everyone together.
- Our
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- Nov 07, 2020
Whatever the eventual judgment, the political implications of Hutton are already clear. A devastating indictment of Labour in power - and of our political system itself.
- Balance
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't actually subscribe to the view that all power corrupts. But absolute power - when secured on the back of massive parliamentary majorities, which don't reflect the balance of political opinion in the country - can corrupt absolutely.
- Mean
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Federalism', in the context of political and media usage in Britain, has come to mean the creation and imposition of a European superstate, one centralised in Brussels.
- Late
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- Nov 07, 2020
The late Roy Jenkins was both a mentor and a personal friend. He was a man of both phenomenal intellect and political achievement in equal measure.
- Back
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- Nov 07, 2020
Soon after the 1997 election, I argued that there was no inverse law of political gravity which said that everything which went down had to come back up.
- Difficult
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- Nov 07, 2020
Lawmakers in both political parties have often acceded to unions' requests to avoid political confrontations or to curry favor. They have pushed difficult choices into the future.
- Place
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- Nov 07, 2020
Analysts say that one reason Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were privatized in the first place was to prevent political whims from dominating the mortgage marketplace.
- Financial Crisis
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- Nov 07, 2020
If Freddie Mac is unable to raise capital, it could spark a political and financial crisis.
- Goals
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- Nov 07, 2020
As the nation's elderly population grows, dozens of industries have tried to harness the political might of older Americans for corporate goals.
- Discharge
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- Nov 07, 2020
Mr. Ware has no right to discharge any of his laborers on account of their political opinion.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
It not infrequently happens that persons without any other special qualification than the drama of their lives are precipitated into important political positions.
- Environmental
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- Nov 07, 2020