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My experience politically has always been that one-word definition of politics: money. Keep your eye on the buck. And that tells you where the American people are going to be. ↗

— Douglas Wilder

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All politicians are to some extent salesmen. ↗

— George Will

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Voters don't decide issues, they decide who will decide issues. ↗

— George Will

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A politician's words reveal less about what he thinks about his subject than what he thinks about his audience. ↗

— George Will

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Politicians fascinate because they constitute such a paradox; they are an elite that accomplishes mediocrity for the public good. ↗

— George Will

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Politics should share one purpose with religion: the steady emancipation of the individual through the education of his passions. ↗

— George Will

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In Washington, DC, politics dominate even the most casual conversations. ↗

— Armstrong Williams

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The fastest way for a politician to become an elder statesman is to lose an election. ↗

— Earl Wilson

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A conservative is someone who makes no changes and consults his grandmother when in doubt. ↗

— Woodrow Wilson

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As compared with the college politician, the real article seems like an amateur. ↗

— Woodrow Wilson

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