#politic

My dad told me something long before I was in politics, and when your dad gives you advice every single day, eventually one or two of the things stick in your mind. And he said, don't believe what people say, believe what they do. ↗

— Mick Mulvaney

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I once said to my father, when I was a boy, 'Dad we need a third political party.' He said to me, 'I'll settle for a second.' ↗

— Ralph Nader

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We should not have assumed that a political space station could be built. ↗

— Larry Niven

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I have sacrificed everything in my life that I consider precious to advance the political career of my husband. ↗

— Pat Nixon

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Certainly in the next 50 years we shall see a woman president, perhaps sooner than you think. A woman can and should be able to do any political job that a man can do. ↗

— Richard M. Nixon

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I wish I could give you a lot of advice, based on my experience of winning political debates. But I don't have that experience. My only experience is at losing them. ↗

— Richard M. Nixon

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I played by the rules of politics as I found them. ↗

— Richard M. Nixon

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The mark of a true politician is that he is never at a loss for words because he is always half-expecting to be asked to make a speech. ↗

— Richard M. Nixon

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Finishing second in the Olympics gets you silver. Finishing second in politics gets you oblivion. ↗

— Richard M. Nixon

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Clinton and Obama practice this politics known quaintly as the Richard Speck strategy: if you cannot take on everyone in the room at once, take them out of the room one at a time. ↗

— Grover Norquist

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