#politics

Do you ever get the feeling that the only reason we have elections is to find out if the polls were right? ↗

— Robert Orben

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As a matter of fact I don't like politics. I really don't. I think it's so jaded now and everybody has to follow the party line. ↗

— Regis Philbin

#fact #follow #i #i think #jaded

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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What we ought not do is play politics with those who've been afflicted by disasters. This should not be controversial. Stop playing politics, do the right thing for the country and let's make sure we're not making politics with disaster relief. ↗

— David Plouffe

#been #controversial #country #disaster #disasters

There are people who kind of gravitate towards running politics based on new ideas and issues, and that was what the secret was for Clinton. ↗

— John Podesta

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The new generation of Labour is different. Different attitudes, different ideas, different ways of doing politics. ↗

— Ed Miliband

#different #different ways #doing #generation #ideas

Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservatives. ↗

— John Stuart Mill

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The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself. ↗

— John Stuart Mill

#being #better #chance #creature #exertions