- Hope
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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
- Labour
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- Nov 07, 2020
The style of politics that Damian McBride represents has been discredited, and Labour has moved on.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love provincial politics.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me, politics is personal because it's my family, and just being aware of my thoughts - are my thoughts productive?
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
As more time passes, people see my father for what he is - one of the last of a generation who went into government to answer a call to public service rather than to pursue a career in politics.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
Politics lasts only so long - though today it's getting harder to tell where the campaigning stops and the governing begins.
- Foreground
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every policy is shaped by two forces: background analysis and foreground politics. The political forces are loud, self-serving and, in the case of energy policy, well known.
- Business
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- Nov 07, 2020
Politics is a rough and tumble business. It's not for the faint-hearted. I've got bruises and cuts from being in the political arena. But by and large, I understand how to navigate the process.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think people involved in politics make good actors. Acting and politics both involve fooling people. People like being fooled by actors. When you get right down to it, they probably like being fooled by politicians even more. A skillful actor will make you think, but a skillful politician will make you never have to think.
- Every Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
In politics, every day is filled with numerous opportunities for serious error. Enjoy it.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
I read all these stories that I don't know anything about politics. But I must know something. I've had some good victories in Congress, and I've survived this town for four years.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the key problems today is that politics is such a disgrace, good people don't go into government.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been able to see some very impressive people that are in politics, and I've been able to see a lot more people that are much less impressive that I don't know if I'd want to spend my life working with. When I see sort of how the sausage is made, it's not very pretty.
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think politics is a dirty game. We've seen the sides that they take; we've seen the commentary they have had on my father.
- First Generation
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- Nov 07, 2020
I got into politics a little bit by chance, as a person from the first generation of the Solidarity movement.
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- Nov 07, 2020