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Politics Quotes
Voices on ideology, debate, and public life.
These politics quotes range from a personal statement linking radical belief to the character of one's work, to an observation that casual conversation about politics rarely gets taken too seriously. Together they capture politics as something people engage with unevenly, with real distance between everyday talk and lasting conviction.
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I use Facebook to stay in touch with my high school friends who are church-going Republicans, I may be getting more ideological diversity than in hanging out with secular progressives on the World Politics sub-reddit.
- Leadership
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the long march of history, at least two poles of attraction and antagonism have been the norm in world politics. Rarely has only one nation carried the burden of leadership. The unipolar world of the 21st century, dominated for the past two decades by the United States, is a historical anomaly.
- Nov 07, 2020
What politicians want to create is irreversible change because when you leave office someone changes it back again.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Oh, that all the things my father had told me about how disgusting Washington is are true. And again it's the system - there are lots of nice, well-meaning people there. But it's a sleazy place. And politics is all about doing favors.
- Learning
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think the opportunity to bring together the people in the world of politics, business and entertainment and have an opportunity to listen to their best learning and thinking is a great opportunity.
- Biology
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- Nov 07, 2020
Politics is applied biology.
- Art
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- Nov 07, 2020
Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think I could argue that the press has more impact on politics than corporations.
- Opinion
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- Nov 07, 2020
Transactional politics requires us to be pragmatic about current realities and the state of public opinion. It's all about getting the best result possible given the circumstances here and now.
- Challenge
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- Nov 07, 2020
Transformational politics requires us to challenge the way people think about issues, opening their minds to better possibilities.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
The difference between the men and the boys in politics is, and always has been, that the boys want to be something, while the men want to do something.
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- Nov 07, 2020