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Liberalism is, I think, resurgent. One reason is that more and more people are so painfully aware of the alternative. ↗

— John Kenneth Galbraith

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Politics is not the art of the possible. It consists in choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable. ↗

— John Kenneth Galbraith

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There are times in politics when you must be on the right side and lose. ↗

— John Kenneth Galbraith

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Liberalism is trust of the people tempered by prudence. Conservatism is distrust of the people tempered by fear. ↗

— William E. Gladstone

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It is not in the nature of politics that the best men should be elected. The best men do not want to govern their fellowmen. ↗

— George MacDonald

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The advantage of the internet is that it has taken away the charade of politics. China has heard of democracy and people know about certain concepts they wouldn't have previously. ↗

— Marilyn Manson

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I doubt that I will get involved with politics. That's something I don't have in me. ↗

— Pedro Martinez

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What politicians want to create is irreversible change because when you leave office someone changes it back again. ↗

— Estelle Morris

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In my case, I was covering politics in Texas as a newspaper man in the 1960's. ↗

— Jim Lehrer

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Politics begin where the masses are, not where there are thousands, but where there are millions, that is where serious politics begin. ↗

— Vladimir Lenin

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