#politic

Americans deserve an attorney general that will be honest with them, they deserve an attorney general who will uphold the basic standards of political independence and accountability. ↗

— John Cornyn

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I am in politics because of the conflict between good and evil, and I believe that in the end good will triumph. ↗

— Margaret Thatcher

#because #believe #between #conflict #end

Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to that arrogant oligarchy who merely happen to be walking around. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

#ancestors #around #arrogant #classes #dead

None speak of the bravery, the might, or the intellect of Jesus; but the devil is always imagined as a being of acute intellect, political cunning, and the fiercest courage. These universal and instinctive tendencies of the human mind reveal much. ↗

— Lydia M. Child

#always #being #bravery #courage #cunning

The people of New Jersey stepped up. They shared in the sacrifice. You know what else they did? They rewarded politicians who lead instead of politicians who pandered. ↗

— Chris Christie

#else #instead #jersey #know #lead

Politics is the womb in which war develops. ↗

— Karl Von Clausewitz

#politics #war #which #womb

War is not an independent phenomenon, but the continuation of politics by different means. ↗

— Karl Von Clausewitz

#different #different means #independent #means #phenomenon

There was no instruction to be thankful that the Christians were special people, chosen people. There was no nationalistic, political or ethnic superiority to be thankful for. ↗

— John Clayton

#chosen #christians #ethnic #instruction #nationalistic

If you think of life and death on a continuum, finding the point where it tips is complicated. It cuts across all political lines and gets to the root of our humanity. It requires faith informed by years of intimacy that you're doing what's right for your loved one. ↗

— Eleanor Clift

#complicated #continuum #cuts #death #doing

Whether a woman's running for office or she's supporting her husband who's running for office and she gets criticised for wearing open-toed shoes or for the colour of her coat, there's just a lot of history that you bear if you are a woman who puts herself out in the political arena. ↗

— Hillary Clinton

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