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" Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof; it is temporary expedient, often wise in party politics, almost sure to be unwise in statesmanship. "

James Russell Lowell

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" Politics is a noble activity. We should revalue it, practise it with vocation and a dedication that requires testimony, martyrdom, that is to die for the common good. "

" I'm not really into politics, but if I had my own country, I would make sure all my people were educated and figuring out what they love to do, and focusing on that. "

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" Politics, as a profession, is not about making the right political decision. It's about making the right decision and then managing the political consequences. "

" Half a truth is better than no politics. "

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" Intersectionality is not easy. It's not as though the existing frameworks that we have - from our culture, our politics, or our law - automatically lead people to being conversant and literate in intersectionality. "

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" Bad politics make for bad morals. "

" I've learned a lot about what kind of actor I want or do not want to be while being on set. I sit back and observe how other actors treat the totem pole of set politics. "

" The activist is not the man who says the river is dirty. The activist is the man who cleans up the river. "

" We can find common ground in agreeing that politics have no room in foreign policy. "

" I was a woman in a man's world. I was a Democrat in a Republican administration. I was an intellectual in a world of bureaucrats. I talked differently. This may have made me a bit like an ink blot. "

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" There are times in politics when you must be on the right side and lose. "

John Kenneth Galbraith

" In 'Healing the Soul of America,' I wrote about Gandhi's notion of soul force in politics and why it matters to stand on your truth. "

Marianne Williamson

" 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. "

" The days when the words 'Hollywood actor' framed Ronald Reagan like bunny fingers as an ID tag and an implied insult seem far-off and quaint: nearly everybody in politics - candidate, consultant, pundit, and Tea Party crowd extra alike - is an actor now, a shameless ham in a hoked-up reality series that never stops. "

" I always voted at my party's call, and I never thought of thinking for myself at all. "

William Gilbert

" Politics, as the word is commonly understood, are nothing but corruptions. "

" A conservative is one who admires radicals centuries after they're dead. "

" These political consultants love business guys who've never been in politics to try and take advantage of them. I get that. "

" We're allowed to have had a private life before politics in which we make mistakes and do things we should not. "

" All politics to me - Indian or white - is an illusion preventing us from being authentic because we're communicating through something that isn't real to us. "

" When I go about my own politics, I meet Tea Party supporters who I can work with in Congress, that I find common ground with. I find Tea Party supporters who won't let me get a sentence out without judging me. To say that there is a 'Tea Party supporter' is a gross generality. "

" By the time a man gets to be presidential material, he's been bought ten times over. "

" A conservative is a man who just sits and thinks, mostly sits. "

" Politics is not perfect but it's the best available nonviolent means of changing how we live. "

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" There are two factors in American politics that may seem strange to Europeans: race and religion. "

" 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. "

" In politics the middle way is none at all. "

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

" When truth takes a backseat to ego and politics, trust is lost. "

Patrick Lencioni