- 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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- Nov 07, 2020
I was always the new kid, and I got to know the language and the politics of being on the outside, looking in. Never being in the clique - always being a student of the clique, a subversive, and I could look around and identify the other guys who were excluded.
- Human
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- Nov 07, 2020
Politics and government are certainly among the most important of practical human interests.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't believe in politics. I only believe in my people. And my people - the ones that follow me - are Latinos. I would go with them till the end of the world.
- Deemed
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being on the left is supposed to be about unbounded optimism, a belief that what is deemed politically impossible by the 'sensible grownups' of politics can be realised, with sufficient imagination and determination.
- Divisions
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- Nov 07, 2020
Yet we have learned from the Scottish independence vote and with Brexit what referendums do to our politics. They foster bitter divisions in ways that parliamentary elections tend not to do.
- Freedom
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- Nov 07, 2020
Freedom of movement in Europe has been all but abandoned as a cause in British politics. Brexit was far more about freedom of movement than our exact trading relationship with the EU, and the electorate rejected it.
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020
Politics is the art of the next best.
- Make
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- Nov 07, 2020
The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.
- Nov 07, 2020
Politics ruins the character.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always figured it was best if I write my songs, take them to my publisher and just lay back. There used to be so many things going on - getting to the artist, getting to the publishers - you know, politics. I just didn't want to get mixed up in all of that.
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- Nov 07, 2020
The only difference between the Democrats and the Republicans is that the Democrats allow the poor to be corrupt, too.
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- Nov 07, 2020