- American Politics
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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.
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- Unexpected
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- Nov 07, 2020
The one thing we can all be sure about in politics is you are as well to expect the unexpected.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am genuinely not an over-the-top kind of person about politics or anything else.
- Style
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- Nov 07, 2020
Yes, you need substance in politics - but I think your style also says something about how you arrive at some of your conclusions.
- Serious
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- Nov 07, 2020
Politics is much too serious to be taken too seriously; equally, there are many aspects of it so laughable as to be lamentable.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
Music and politics are in essence about communication. Without over-stretching the analogy I do feel a sense of rhythm is important in getting your message across.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
As I spread my wings in politics, I discovered many Thatcher voters down south who were the same kind of people who loathed her in Scotland. They were puzzled by the Scots' antipathy, given the Falklands war and the strong militaristic history of the Highlands and elsewhere.
- House
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- Nov 07, 2020
We must restore faith in politics. Reform of the House of Lords is only one part of the answer, but it is a vital one.
- Determination
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is my determination that we, as a party, continue to make that fundamental restatement of liberal values in the politics of our country.
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
Britain is a European power. We cannot change our geography. Our involvement in the politics of European cooperation is one of necessity. Our wealth and our security depend upon it.
- Down
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- Nov 07, 2020
Politics means facing up to hard choices and facing down prejudice, short-termism, the easy, tempting court of knee-jerk public reaction.
- Make
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- Nov 07, 2020
Public employee unions are hardly the only group involved in bare-knuckles politics. Businesses lobby fiercely, and executives make hefty campaign donations.
- Business
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- Nov 07, 2020
If the planters carry politics into the fields they will find it bad business.
- Organization
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is necessary to take an active part in politics to observe how often the welfare of the party organization is put before the issues, even before the welfare of the commonwealth.
- Physics
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- Nov 07, 2020