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" All politics are local, and so in church. "

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" Sexism is alive and well in politics, as it is in all industries. "

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" I wouldn't trade my life for anybody's. "

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" I wasn't a particularly brilliant student, but on the other hand, I was very active in Student Union affairs and in student politics. "

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" In politics, there is no use looking beyond the next fortnight. "

Joseph Chamberlain

" If you choose to put political expediency and politics ahead of the men and women on the ground, for that, you'll have to answer to yourself. I find it morally reprehensible. "

" Pollution is nothing but the resources we are not harvesting. We allow them to disperse because we've been ignorant of their value. "

R. Buckminster Fuller

" I'm not an old, experienced hand at politics. But I am now seasoned enough to have learned that the hardest thing about any political campaign is how to win without proving that you are unworthy of winning. "

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" No matter what you may think about her politics or her record, Hillary Clinton understands that this is not reality television; this is reality. She understands the job of president. It involves finding solutions, not pointing fingers; and offering hope, not stoking fear. "

Michael Bloomberg

" I am not at all a politician. I don't think I'm cut out for politics. I am certainly not going to stand for election. "

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" A political party is about an ideology. And I don't think my goals in politics can match the ideology of any political party. "

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" There might be some serious fun in politics. "

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