- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not sure I am a politician. I would say that I am still an artist, and I'm trying to use politics as an instrument for change.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I entered politics from a completely different background from other people in this field, and that has helped me to see and deal with things differently.
- Crucial
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- Nov 07, 2020
In politics, as in business, leadership is crucial.
- Battle
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- Nov 07, 2020
The twenty minutes or more we spend inside the ring, that's the fun part. It's the rest of our lives that's the real battle - the ruthless backstage politics, the constant traveling, the endless mental and physical aches and pains.
- Bucks
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Opportunity
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- Nov 07, 2020
Freedom and opportunity are precious gifts and the purpose of our politics is to expand them, for all our people.
- Generation
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- Nov 07, 2020
The new generation of Labour is different. Different attitudes, different ideas, different ways of doing politics.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
Scepticism and cynicism about politics is so great that one of the best counters to it is what you can do at a local level.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think part of the thing that is important to me, and is important to Labour supporters, is that the fight goes on. The fight goes on in relation to this budget, in relation to Europe, and in a way, the history of progressive politics is that there are setbacks - significant setbacks - and you have to overcome that. But obviously it's tough.
- Everyone
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- Nov 07, 2020
Dominant narrative is so overwhelming in politics. The smallest gaffe when the momentum is against you is a disaster. But when it is with you, everyone just ignores it.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have been a practitioner of tough politics for many decades. There is little that amazes me and even less that shocks me.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
Regardless of what you feel about Obama and his politics - screw all that. The fact of the matter is, he was the first black guy to be the president of the United States. The history is still being made.
- Hate
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- Nov 07, 2020
On the other side, I do believe that the rhetoric we are seeing from the Democrats today is unprecedented, is a new low in presidential politics and goes beyond political discourse and amounts to political hate speech.
- Passion
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- Nov 07, 2020
People like passion in politics.
- Pendulum
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- Nov 07, 2020