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I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians. ↗

— Charles de Gaulle

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In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant. ↗

— Charles de Gaulle

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It's called political economy because it is has nothing to do with either politics or economy. ↗

— Stephen Leacock

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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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To rely upon conviction, devotion, and other excellent spiritual qualities; that is not to be taken seriously in politics. ↗

— Vladimir Lenin

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The more film I watch, the more John Ford looks like a giant. His politics aren't so good, and you have to learn to accept John Wayne as an actor, but he's a poet in black and white. ↗

— Jonathan Lethem

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I was losing interest in politics, when the repeal of the Missouri Compromise aroused me again. What I have done since then is pretty well known. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

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I don't find music being less important than, like, politics. ↗

— Kurt Loder

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We would not have our politics distracted and embittered by the dissensions of other lands. ↗

— Henry Cabot Lodge

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I'm very literate on policy. I'm very literate on the issues, and I'm an American first. I've been involved in politics long before I was an actress. I just happen to have a platform now. I just happen to have a voice. ↗

— Eva Longoria

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