#politics

Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers. ↗

— Aristotle

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Politics is compromise. ↗

— Paddy Ashdown

#politics

What my future will not be is active politics in the Liberal Democrat party. ↗

— Paddy Ashdown

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First, I think more Americans need to declare their independence from partisan politics on both sides. The more that Americans declare their independence, the more the parties will have to compete for their votes using reason rather than the hateful appeals. ↗

— John Avlon

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I have always been interested in politics. I was in the student union before, very active. ↗

— Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

#always #been #before #i #interested

Vote for the man who promises least; he'll be the least disappointing. ↗

— Bernard Baruch

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My first meeting as a senator, my first day, they were already talking about the next election. Part of that's the permanent campaign, part of that's a word I've been using more frequently, 'tribal.' Our politics has become tribal: It's us versus them. ↗

— Evan Bayh

#already #become #been #campaign #day

The message that I gave on the - on the steps today was that you need to stand for those things that are right and empower the individual. Believe in the power of one person. Don't believe that you can't do it. Everybody wants - everybody wants a shot. That we can all agree on. Beyond that, it becomes politics. I'm not talking politics. ↗

— Glenn Beck

#becomes #believe #beyond #empower #everybody

So that's my main role right now and really the politics also includes going out and communicating to the world why Apache is a good thing, why companies should be involved in it, and why individuals should be involved in it too. ↗

— Brian Behlendorf

#also #apache #communicating #companies #going

Consul - in American politics, a person who having failed to secure an office from the people is given one by the Administration on condition that he leave the country. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

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