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While Lincoln thus became a lawyer, he did not cease to remain a politician. ↗

— John George Nicolay

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Smoking calms me down. It's enjoyable. I don't want politicians deciding what is exciting in my life. ↗

— David Hockney

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Nations are born in the hearts of poets, they prosper and die in the hands of politicians. ↗

— Muhammad Iqbal

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The ability of the 1 percent to buy politicians and regulators is nothing new in American politics - just as inequality has been a permanent part of our economic system. This is true of virtually all political and economic systems. ↗

— Eric Alterman

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I'm no politician. I'm an historian who has learned through a lifetime of studying that nothing in the world beats universal education. ↗

— Stephen Ambrose

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The House of Lords is the British Outer Mongolia for retired politicians. ↗

— Tony Benn

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Whether we or our politicians know it or not, Nature is party to all our deals and decisions, and she has more votes, a longer memory, and a sterner sense of justice than we do. ↗

— Wendell Berry

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Politicians, like generals, have a tendency to fight the last war. ↗

— John Bolton

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Government is too big and too important to be left to the politicians. ↗

— Chester Bowles

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I am not a politician. ↗

— Erskine Bowles

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