#politics

In politics there are some candidates who use change to promote their careers, and then there are those like John McCain who use their careers to promote change. ↗

— Sarah Palin

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The Roots of Violence: Wealth without work, Pleasure without conscience, Knowledge without character, Commerce without morality, Science without humanity, Worship without sacrifice, Politics without principles." (Young India, 22 October 1925) ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

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Sincerity and competence is a strong combination. In politics, it is everything. ↗

— Peggy Noonan

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Beware the politically obsessed. They are often bright and interesting, but they have something missing in their natures; there is a hole, an empty place, and they use politics to fill it up. It leaves them somehow misshapen. ↗

— Peggy Noonan

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If I cry, it's about the personal loss of a friend or something like that. But when it comes to politics - no, I don't cry. ↗

— Nancy Pelosi

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Let's just do what is right for the American people. And those of us who are involved in politics and government know that our responsibility is to the American people, that we have a responsibility to find our common ground, to seek it and to find it. ↗

— Nancy Pelosi

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The activist is not the man who says the river is dirty. The activist is the man who cleans up the river. ↗

— Ross Perot

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Difference of religion breeds more quarrels than difference of politics. ↗

— Wendell Phillips

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One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors. ↗

— Plato

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This is a basic function of Congress to keep the government running. And so, what we ought not to do is play politics with those who have been affected by disasters. ↗

— David Plouffe

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