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" Globalization and trade liberalization were supposed to make us all better off through the mechanism of trickle-down economics. What we seemed to be seeing instead was trickle-up economics, accompanied by a destruction of democratic politics, as we moved ever closer to a system of 'one dollar, one vote' as opposed to 'one person, one vote.' "

Joseph Stiglitz

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" Many people don't give a rip about politics and know as much about public affairs as they know about the topography of Pluto. "

" Turn on to politics, or politics will turn on you. "

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

" They say women talk too much. If you have worked in Congress you know that the filibuster was invented by men. "

" In a time of domestic crisis, men of goodwill and generosity should be able to unite regardless of party or politics. "

" 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. "

" What I argued in 'The Great Divide' is that societies can't function without trust, both politically and economically. "

" 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. "

" 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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" Bitcoin is successful only because of its potential for circumvention, lack of oversight. "

" I am in politics because of the conflict between good and evil, and I believe that in the end good will triumph. "

" The ballot is stronger than the bullet. "

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

" Kidnapping is always a threat in this life of reporting on men hurting one another because of religion and politics. "

" I was really lucky that I came to puberty at a time when music and politics were completely intertwined. "

" It's an honor putting art above politics. Politics can be seductive in terms of things reductive to the soul. "

" Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half. "

" Bad politics make for bad morals. "

" Any time scientists disagree, it's because we have insufficient data. Then we can agree on what kind of data to get; we get the data; and the data solves the problem. Either I'm right, or you're right, or we're both wrong. And we move on. That kind of conflict resolution does not exist in politics or religion. "

" If the United States of America or Britain is having elections, they don't ask for observers from Africa or from Asia. But when we have elections, they want observers. "

" Politics and government are certainly among the most important of practical human interests. "

" In today's politics, it would be good to have politicians who are more upfront about what they felt and actually not trying to bend with every breeze. They're infuriating, all of them. "

" Sometimes I wonder if we shall ever grow up in our politics and say definite things which mean something, or whether we shall always go on using generalities to which everyone can subscribe, and which mean very little. "

" As a layperson, I consider myself fairly well-educated in terms of politics. My family always has been really interested in politics, and various members of my family have a hand in politics in upstate New York. "

" I just use fashion as an excuse to talk about politics. Because I'm a fashion designer, it gives me a voice, which is really good. "

" I mean that I think I find the psychology of people more interesting than politics. I think the psychology of politics is more interesting than straight politics. "

" War should be the politics of last resort. And when we go to war, we should have a purpose that our people understand and support. "