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We, to some degree, are like what we are because we inherited certain things from the Greeks and the Romans. One of them that's so striking is the whole area of politics. ↗

— Donald Kagan

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You have to liberate yourself first from the prejudices of the world in which you live. ↗

— Donald Kagan

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I have no regrets. I don't believe in looking back. What I am proudest of? Working really hard... and achieving as much as I could. ↗

— Elena Kagan

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Any actor who is being honest will admit there's always a small or large part of the real you in every character. It's impossible not to have that. ↗

— Jerry Ferrara

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But I made one mistake which I would never repeat as a member of Congress when I was in Washington, and that was when I was elected I didn't go on trips because I was so afraid of having someone accuse me of taking junkets. ↗

— Geraldine Ferraro

#afraid #because #congress #elected #go

In fact, corporate and union moneys go overwhelmingly to incumbents, so limiting that money, as Congress did in the campaign finance law, may be the single most self-denying thing that Congress has ever done. ↗

— Elena Kagan

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One of the great problems with Americans is that - being a decent people - they assume that everyone else is equally decent. ↗

— Meir Kahane

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When the Senate ceases to engage nominees in meaningful discussion of legal issues, the confirmation process takes on an air of vacuity and farce, and the Senate becomes incapable of either properly evaluating nominees or appropriately educating the public. ↗

— Elena Kagan

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Based on all criteria - military power, economic influence, cultural dominance - America remains number one, even though other, new players are increasingly challenging it in that role. ↗

— Robert Kagan

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I believe it is still true that conflicts among major powers usually stem from geopolitical rivalries but rarely from economic competition. ↗

— Robert Kagan

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