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" Every politician should have been born an orphan and remain a bachelor. "

Lady Bird Johnson

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" Over the years, many people on a spiritual journey have asked me why I keep going on about politics, and many people involved in politics have asked me why I keep going on about spirituality. "

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" Under every stone lurks a politician. "

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" There are those who would draw a sharp line between power politics and a principled foreign policy based on values. This polarized view - you are either a realist or devoted to norms and values - may be just fine in academic debate, but it is a disaster for American foreign policy. American values are universal. "

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" What do you want to be a sailor for? There are greater storms in politics than you will ever find at sea. Piracy, broadsides, blood on the decks. You will find them all in politics. "

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" The people in Iowa know that Washington isn't working. It's devolved into partisan politics and a lot of gridlock and obstruction. "

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" It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first. "

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

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

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" I'm not a big politics guy. "

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" There are still people in my party who believe in consensus politics. I regard them as Quislings, as traitors... I mean it. "

Margaret Thatcher

" First of all, I think it's odd that people who cover politics wouldn't have any political views. "