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The environmental benefits of hydrogen are also outstanding. When used as an energy source, hydrogen produces no emissions besides water. Zero polluting emissions, an amazing advance over the current sources of energy that we use. ↗

— Dan Lipinski

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The time has come to stop beating our heads against stone walls under the illusion that we have been appointed policeman to the human race. ↗

— Walter Lippmann

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In government offices which are sensitive to the vehemence and passion of mass sentiment public men have no sure tenure. They are in effect perpetual office seekers, always on trial for their political lives, always required to court their restless constituents. ↗

— Walter Lippmann

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Once you touch the biographies of human beings, the notion that political beliefs are logically determined collapses like a pricked balloon. ↗

— Walter Lippmann

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When philosophers try to be politicians they generally cease to be philosophers. ↗

— Walter Lippmann

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Politeness is half good manners and half good lying. ↗

— Mary Wilson Little

#good manners #half #lying #manners #politeness

Politeness is only one half good manners and the other half good lying. ↗

— Mary Wilson Little

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We tend to think of politics as bad, full of dirty tricks, negative ads, big campaigns, but I am here to explore the original meaning of politics, which is positive and has to do with balancing competing interests and looking for solutions. ↗

— Eric Liu

#am #bad #balancing #big #campaigns

Talk of citizenship today is often thin and tinny. The word has a faintly old-fashioned feel to it when used in everyday conversation. When evoked in national politics, it's usually accompanied by the shrill whine of a descending culture-war mortar. ↗

— Eric Liu

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Alan was always interested in politics in a major way. He actually believes that anarchy is a politically viable system, but I don't. I was always interested in putting forward the ideas that represented my viewpoint. I feel the same about anything I'm doing. ↗

— David Lloyd

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