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    Politics is the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich by promising to protect each from the other

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It is dangerous for a national candidate to say things that people might remember.

It is dangerous for a national candidate to say things that people might remember.

by Eugene Mccarthy Found in: Politics Quotes,
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In politics nothing is contemptible.

In politics nothing is contemptible.

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It is necessary that I should qualify the doctrine of its being
not men, but measures, that I am read more

It is necessary that I should qualify the doctrine of its being
not men, but measures, that I am determined to support. In a
monarchy it is the duty of parliament to look at the men as well
as at the measures.

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Politics, n: Poly "many" + tics "blood-sucking parasites"

Politics, n: Poly "many" + tics "blood-sucking parasites"

by Larry Hardiman Found in: Politics Quotes,
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I am of the opinion which you have always held, that "viva voce"
voting at elections is the best read more

I am of the opinion which you have always held, that "viva voce"
voting at elections is the best method.
[Lat., Nam ego in ista sum sententia, qua te fuisse semper scio,
nihil ut feurit in suffragiis voce melius.]

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Politics is the art of achieving the maximum amount of freedom for individuals that is consistent with the maintenance of read more

Politics is the art of achieving the maximum amount of freedom for individuals that is consistent with the maintenance of social order.

by Barry Goldwater Found in: Politics Quotes,
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University politics are vicious precisely because the stakes are so small.

University politics are vicious precisely because the stakes are so small.

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You may fool all the people some of the time, you can even fool some of the people all of read more

You may fool all the people some of the time, you can even fool some of the people all of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all the time.

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I consider biennial elections as a security that the sober,
second thought of the people shall be law.

I consider biennial elections as a security that the sober,
second thought of the people shall be law.

by Fisher Ames Found in: Politics Quotes,
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