- 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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- Happy
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- Nov 07, 2020
By asking the question 'Am I happy?,' and via the answer setting out what I mean by happiness, there is a political route that can be taken, by asking another question - 'Can politics deliver happiness, and should it try?'
- Death
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- Nov 07, 2020
So here is one of my theories on happiness: we cannot know if we have lived a truly happy life until the very end. This view of life and death was reinforced by my close witnessing of the buildup to the death of Philip Gould. Philip was without doubt my closest friend in politics. When he died, I felt like I had lost a limb.
- Culture
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- Nov 07, 2020
There has been a shift to what may be defined as a culture of negativity which goes well beyond coverage of politics.
- Political
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are people with an explicit political bent complaining about people having political agendas while nominating stories with political agendas. Is it political to try to be diverse? Is it political to try to imagine a non-heteronormative society? Yes, because it involves politics. But how do they expect us to not write about our lives?
- Death
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am not made for politics because I am incapable of wanting or accepting the death of the adversary.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
The person I liked the best was Gerald R. Ford. He was the most decent man in politics I ever had any relationships with.
- Crisis
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- Nov 07, 2020
Money's dominance over politics isn't merely one problem of many our country faces. It is the problem! It is a growing crisis that prevents us from tackling anything else.
- True
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are no true friends in politics. We are all sharks circling, and waiting, for traces of blood to appear in the water.
- Championing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Throughout my years championing for civil rights, analyzing politics and advocating on behalf of the voiceless, I am disturbed the most when harmless children suffer because of politics or detrimental policies.
- Pressure
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- Nov 07, 2020
Well, a lot of politics is communicating with people, and obviously comedy has something to do with that. I've been a producer and led people. Also, being a comedian, you're under pressure.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
The next thing I am doing is moving back home to Minnesota and getting involved in politics. I'm looking at a run for Senate in 2008, but in the meantime I am focused on knitting together the progressive network in the upper Midwest.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Harvard's Kennedy School of Government asked me to serve as a fellow at its Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics, and Public Policy. After my varied and celebrated career in television, movies, publishing, and the lucrative world of corporate speaking, being a fellow at Harvard seemed, frankly, like a step down.
- Political
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- Nov 07, 2020
The reason I wrote political satire was because I thought it - politics - was important... that public policy was important. Then I transitioned into books, then into radio.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020