- Political
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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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- Career
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- Nov 07, 2020
I hadn't really thought about politics as a career in my twenties or early thirties.
- Past
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of young poets today, from what I've heard and experienced, can't get their heads past George W. Bush, and I've heard so many poems about this democracy and this era of politics that I'm kind of bored by it.
- Principles
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- Nov 07, 2020
Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.
- Enamored
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- Nov 07, 2020
Conservative, n: A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal who wishes to replace them with others.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Consul - in American politics, a person who having failed to secure an office from the people is given one by the Administration on condition that he leave the country.
- Political
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am not entering politics to be another Knesset member. If I enter the political arena I want to be prime minister. Period.
- Passion
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- Nov 07, 2020
Politics is my second passion, but as a historian, you have to be genuinely neutral. You have failed in your primary duty as a historian if you are one side or the other.
- Conflict
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- Nov 07, 2020