#politic

In these times, the hardest task for social or political activists is to find a way to get people to wonder again about what we all believe is true. The challenge is to sow doubt. ↗

— Lawrence Lessig

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I don't miss politics. ↗

— Jeb Bush

#miss #politics

Both the Obama and Romney campaigns said they pulled all their political ads today in observance of the September 11th anniversary. But politics wasn't very far offstage. The Obama campaign sees foreign policy as an advantage this year. ↗

— Mara Liasson

#advantage #anniversary #both #campaign #campaigns

I think politicians do great things in the world, but I don't think they're the only ones who can. I don't like all the rhetoric and the finger pointing. ↗

— Lauren Bush

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Southern political personalities, like sweet corn, travel badly. They lose flavor with every hundred yards away from the patch. By the time they reach New York, they are like Golden Bantam that has been trucked up from Texas - stale and unprofitable. The consumer forgets that the corn tastes different where it grows. ↗

— A. J. Liebling

#badly #been #by the time #consumer #corn

Democracy is being allowed to vote for the candidate you dislike least. ↗

— Robert Byrne

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It has been well said that a hungry man is more interested in four sandwiches than four freedoms. ↗

— Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.

#been #four #freedoms #hungry #hungry man

Pennsylvania is a very tough state; people don't last long in Pennsylvania politics. ↗

— Arlen Specter

#long #pennsylvania #people #politics #state

The beginning of my political career was not promising. I ran for junior class president at Shortridge High school and was runner up. I ran again in the senior year with the same result. But opportunity came ironically, or fortunately, when I returned to Indianapolis after serving in the Navy. ↗

— Richard Lugar

#again #beginning #came #career #class

What matters most in politics is personality. It's not issues; it's not image. It's who you are and what you represent. ↗

— Frank Luntz

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