#politics

Sometimes I wonder if we shall ever grow up in our politics and say definite things which mean something, or whether we shall always go on using generalities to which everyone can subscribe, and which mean very little. ↗

— Eleanor Roosevelt

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In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way. ↗

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

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A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward. ↗

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Religion and morality are critical to how students think about politics and form opinions on political issues. ↗

— Jeanne Shaheen

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I came at age in the '60s, and initially my hopes and dreams were invested in politics and the movements of the time - the anti-war movement, the civil rights movement. I worked on Bobby Kennedy's campaign for president as a teenager in California and the night he was killed. ↗

— David Talbot

#anti-war #bobby #california #came #campaign

We live in a world in which politics has replaced philosophy. ↗

— Martin L. Gross

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In a confrontation with the politics of power, the soft center has always melted away. ↗

— Lord Hailsham

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Those who stand for nothing fall for anything. ↗

— Alexander Hamilton

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Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind. ↗