- Change
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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
- Computational
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- Nov 07, 2020
Members of Congress are less beasts of accumulating burden than computational machines designed to win re-election. Their sense of their own political interests is acute.
- Enemies
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- Nov 07, 2020
Essential to the self-image of conservatives is the notion that they are enemies of an established orthodoxy, insurgents against the dogmatic political correctness that predominates on the Left.
- Mom
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- Nov 07, 2020
My family wasn't particularly political. Mom and Dad voted, but that was the extent of their involvement. In fact, I ended up going to U.C. Davis because, to them, Berkeley was too radical.
- Birthday
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- Nov 07, 2020
As far as those kinds of things, I also played at the concert to call for the release of Nelson Mandela when he was a political prisoner in South Africa. We were celebrating his 70th birthday and calling for his release.
- Anger
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- Nov 07, 2020
Whether one admired or was repulsed by the positions he took on matters foreign and domestic, it is undeniable that Reagan's ability to project anger was highly attractive to his most passionate supporters on the far right - and crucial to his political success.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
The major political battles about guns in our society concern handguns and assault weapons, not long arms like hunting rifles.
- Journalism
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- Nov 07, 2020
If journalism is the first draft of history, then talk radio provides an early glimpse into how the meaning of political events will be spun for ideological and partisan purposes.
- Everything
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- Nov 07, 2020
It would make everything I worked for meaningless if baseball is integrated but political parties were segregated.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want everybody to understand that I am an American Negro first before I am a member of any political party.
- School
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- Nov 07, 2020
At Yale, you can find someone passionate and enthusiastic and involved in just about any issue. For many of us, though, our school's prevailing progressive political atmosphere can make us complacent.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
No matter what political cause compels us, we should always feel as though it's being threatened. We should use these causes, whatever they are, to bring people together and get each other excited about our role, so we feel like we can't stop and won't stop.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
Israeli Arabs have more political rights than any other Arabs in the Middle East, including their compatriots in the Palestinian Authority.
- Late
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- Nov 07, 2020