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    Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.

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The Duty of an Opposition is to oppose.

The Duty of an Opposition is to oppose.

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The word "politics" is derived from the word "poly", meaning 'many', and the word 'ticks', meaning 'blood sucking parasites'.

The word "politics" is derived from the word "poly", meaning 'many', and the word 'ticks', meaning 'blood sucking parasites'.

by Larry Hardiman Found in: Politics Quotes,
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Party honesty is party expediency.

Party honesty is party expediency.

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There is no sea more dangerous than the ocean of practical politics none in which there is more need of read more

There is no sea more dangerous than the ocean of practical politics none in which there is more need of good pilotage and of a single, unfaltering purpose when the waves rise high.

by Thomas Huxley 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 are usually the executive expression of human
immaturity.

Politics are usually the executive expression of human
immaturity.

by Vera Brittain Found in: Politics Quotes,
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If you're not a liberal at twenty you have no heart, if you're not a conservative at forty you have read more

If you're not a liberal at twenty you have no heart, if you're not a conservative at forty you have no brain.

by Winston Churchill Found in: Politics Quotes,
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Away with the cant of "Measures not men!"--the idle supposition
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Away with the cant of "Measures not men!"--the idle supposition
that it is the harness and not the horses that draw the chariot
along. No Sir, if the comparison must be made, if the
distinction must be taken, men are everything, measures
comparatively nothing.

by George Canning Found in: Politics Quotes,
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Finality is not the language of politics.

Finality is not the language of politics.

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