- Educating
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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
- Faith
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- Nov 07, 2020
Politics is an act of faith; you have to show some kind of confidence in the intellectual and moral capacity of the public.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Surplus money allows some people to exercise inordinate power over others: in the workplace; in politics; and above all in the capture, use and destruction of the planet's natural wealth.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is not in the nature of politics that the best men should be elected. The best men do not want to govern their fellowmen.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
Although he's regularly asked to do so, God does not take sides in American politics.
- Eyes
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- Nov 07, 2020
Politics is the diversion of trivial men who, when they succeed at it, become important in the eyes of more trivial men.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
First, take the government of the Indians out of politics; second, let the laws of the Indians be the same as those of the whites; third, give the Indian the ballot.
- Governors
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- Nov 07, 2020
The richest persons in Africa are heads of state, governors and ministers. So every 'educated' African who wants to be rich - and there is nothing wrong with wanting to be rich - heads straight into government or politics.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am invariably of the politics of the people at whose table I sit, or beneath whose roof I sleep.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want to focus on crimes that affect families and not get distracted going for high-publicity cases. I want to see us move away from politics and focus more on prosecution.
- Office
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never thought I was going to get involved in politics other than the DA's office.
- Critical Mass
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- Nov 07, 2020
The really interesting moment will be when you have a critical mass of people engaging through the networks, more than through the press and TV. When that happens, the culture of politics has to change, moving away from controlled one-way messages towards a political culture that is more questioning.
- Nov 07, 2020
The idea of entrepreneurship applies as much in politics, religion, society and the arts as it does in business.
- Demanded
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- Nov 07, 2020
With Thobbing Gristle, that era from '75 to '81 was a period when the politics of the time demanded anger and rage.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020