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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
- Lie
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are very few issues that lie specifically in one region now. Polio in Syria doesn't affect Syria alone. I don't think any issue can ever be isolated into local politics these days, because we all know too much.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't care much about politics. That kind of witchcraft I stay away from because people end up dead. I'd rather die for music.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
Donald Trump may not speak explicitly of 'who we are,' but with his promise to make America great again, he engages in his own kind of identity politics, signaling that the nation has lost its sense of self. That gets to people.
- Envy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Top 1 Percent progressivism emphasizes the idea of fairness - but it's nevertheless a politics of outrage, animated by at least a trace of envy. It's as if 'millionaires and billionaires' were the principal problem facing America today.
- Gym
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- Nov 07, 2020
A few weeks ago, I was at the gym, talking to a friend about politics. Overhearing the conversation, a young man - maybe 25 years old - interrupted to say, 'Obama? He hasn't done a single thing!'
- Law
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- Nov 07, 2020
Humility is of central importance; I think it's an underappreciated virtue in the contemporary discussion of law and politics.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
Today's uses of the Second Amendment may invoke James Madison and Alexander Hamilton, but they have a lot more to do with interest-group politics.
- Path
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- Nov 07, 2020
Instead of going into politics, I decided to go into comedy, which is the second most daunting career path for a woman.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
A diplomat is a person who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that you actually look forward to the trip.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
An affection for Hong Kong and a national identity are not mutually exclusive. We can let children learn more about Hong Kong's history, culture, politics, and social development, and at the same time, we must make them have their national identity.
- Community
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- Nov 07, 2020
In my opinion, serving the common good is the true purpose of politics and is also the perspective through which our community should consider constitutional reform.
- Nov 07, 2020