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" Alliance - in international politics, the union of two thieves who have their hands so deeply inserted in each other's pockets that they cannot separately plunder a third. "

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" I've often thought that the gauntlet of American politics is more individualistic, more expensive, more unpredictable than in many other democracies. "

Hillary Clinton

American

Thought

" I could pose in fashion commercials as a high society star but politics is a new way of life. "

" Sitting at a candidate rally is similar to sitting in a ballyard. Both give you the opportunity to assess the technical metrics and reflect on the intangibles - what baseball calls 'make up' and politics calls 'character' - the leadership, talent and maturity to add value to a venture. "

" I stay out of politics because if I begin thinking too much about politics, I'll probably... drop writing children's books and become a political cartoonist again. "

" The 1935 Social Security Act established 65 as the age of eligibility for payouts. But welfare state politics quickly becomes a bidding war, enriching the menu of benefits, so in 1956 Congress entitled women to collect benefits at 62, extending the entitlement to men in 1961. "

" I think that you can disagree with people and debate over their positions with issues without engaging in the politics of personal destruction. "

" I never let my politics supersede my manners. "

" Politics, according to the Social Doctrine of the Church, is one of the highest forms of charity, because it serves the common good. I cannot wash my hands, eh? We all have to give something! "

" Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did. "

" Authentic apology is a tricky thing to pull off in politics, which is why it so seldom occurs. Plausible deniability must be preserved. True contrition has to be displayed. Traitors to the cause must be immediately be jettisoned. Most of all, the goal is to stop the bleeding. "

" What we see before us is a politics devoid of kindness and truth... today, politics is not being used in the service of the people: it is being used to crush them, not to lift them up. "

" A fool and his money are soon elected. "

" Liberalism is, I think, resurgent. One reason is that more and more people are so painfully aware of the alternative. "

John Kenneth Galbraith

Think

Reason

People

" 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. "

" The President's post should not be politicised. Once a president is elected, he is above politics. "

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

President

Above

" Of course you can't 'trust' what people tell you on the web anymore than you can 'trust' what people tell you on megaphones, postcards or in restaurants. Working out the social politics of who you can trust and why is, quite literally, what a very large part of our brain has evolved to do. "

" On the Left, the best and brightest go into politics - Barack Obama is the epitome of the perfect leftist. On the Right, the best and brightest go make money. Very few conservatives want to endure all the nonsense you have to put up with to run for office. "

" India has never played politics with national security. "

" Who never doubted, never half believed. Where doubt is, there truth is - it is her shadow. "

" The basis of Ronald Reagan was his humanity. I might not have agreed with his politics, but my research - all I read about him and by him - was that he was revered because he had a big heart. He was very religious and sincere. He believed that one spoke truths because, otherwise, people would know you were lying. None of that even applies to Trump. "

" It is the desire of the good people of the whole country that sectionalism as a factor in our politics should disappear. "

" I know many writers who first dictate passages, then polish what they have dictated. I speak, then I polish - occasionally I do windows. "

" The good news is that, according to the Obama administration, the rich will pay for everything. The bad news is that, according to the Obama administration, you're rich. "

" We must reduce the influence of money in politics, beginning by overturning Citizens United and taking back our system from the millionaires and billionaires who can give unlimited and undisclosed amounts of money to influence our elections. "

" Most people don't want to talk about politics and religion. They say, 'Let's talk about something else.' "

Prince

" No matter where I go - London, Beirut, Jerusalem, Washington, Beijing, or Bangalore - I'm always looking to rediscover that land of ten thousand lakes where politics actually worked to make people's lives better, not pull them apart. "

" America's present need is not heroics but healing; not nostrums but normalcy; not revolution but restoration. "

" I weep for the liberty of my country when I see at this early day of its successful experiment that corruption has been imputed to many members of the House of Representatives, and the rights of the people have been bartered for promises of office. "

" Culture is about humanizing people. You look at the African-American civil rights movement, you look at the LGBT rights movement - the culture changed before the politics did. "

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