#politic

To tell the truth is to become beautiful, to begin to love yourself, value yourself. And that's political, in its most profound way. ↗

— June Jordan

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Poetry is a political act because it involves telling the truth. ↗

— June Jordan

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That attitude that fighting is probably not fair, but you have to defend yourself anyway and damage the enemy, has been profoundly consequential as far as my political activism goes. ↗

— June Jordan

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This position is untenable, and there can be no pause in the agitation for full political power and responsibility until these are granted to all the women of the nation. ↗

— Florence Kelley

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My passion for ideas is not matched with a passion for partisan or electoral politics. ↗

— Jack Kemp

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Pro football gave me a good sense of perspective to enter politics: I'd already been booed, cheered, cut, sold, traded and hung in effigy. ↗

— Jack Kemp

#been #booed #cheered #cut #enter

There are a lot of grotesqueries in politics, not the least of which is the fund-raising side. ↗

— Jack Kemp

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The bedrock of our democracy is the rule of law and that means we have to have an independent judiciary, judges who can make decisions independent of the political winds that are blowing. ↗

— Caroline Kennedy

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Growing up in politics I know that women decide all elections because we do all the work. ↗

— Caroline Kennedy

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Well, the role of money in politics is pretty corrupting right now. ↗

— Caroline Kennedy

#money #now #politics #pretty #right