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" I have certainly met much more discrimination in terms of being a woman than being black, in the field of politics. "

Shirley Chisholm

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" Liberalism is trust of the people tempered by prudence. Conservatism is distrust of the people tempered by fear. "

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" The trouble with Nixon is that he's a serious politics junkie. He's totally hooked and like any other junkie, he's a bummer to have around, especially as President. "

Hunter S. Thompson

" If we give up on politics, we're done for. Powerlessness is a self-fulfilling prophesy. "

" A diplomat is a person who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that you actually look forward to the trip. "

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" Most people who get in trouble in politics usually get in trouble because they're disconnected from the people they serve, and I don't think anybody in Tennessee, even people who won't vote for me, would accuse me of that. "

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" I think, in politics, half the people are gonna like you, and half the people are not gonna like you, no matter what you do or what you say... It's like there are no right answers. If there were, everyone would choose the right answers. They're all opinions. "

" Politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians. "

Charles de Gaulle

" The artist can be above political parties, he can belong in a political party, he can act in politics. "

" We used to play marbles for keeps. If you lost, you lost. It is the same way with politics, but not everybody knows this. "

Daniel Patrick Moynihan

" Politics and the pulpit are terms that have little agreement. "

" People in politics always say they're spending time with their family, but in my case, it's a big family. We got 23 grandkids, so I get to spend a lotta time with them, and it's extraordinarily enjoyable. "

" I was brought up with a scientific outlook on life. It's the way my father deciphers the world - whether it's football, politics or hairstyles. So I don't get anxious about the future, because I was raised to believe and accept that nothing stays the same, and the best way to survive is to adapt. "

" Objective journalism is one of the main reasons that American politics has been allowed to be so corrupt for so long. "

Hunter S. Thompson

" I've always said that in politics, your enemies can't hurt you, but your friends will kill you. "

" Women have more to prove than men when it comes to politics. "

Julie Nixon Eisenhower

" I believe people who go into politics want to do the right thing. And then they hit a big wall of re-election and the pettiness of politics. In the end, politics gets in the way of the business of people. "

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" Justice, sir, is the great interest of man on earth. It is the ligament which holds civilized beings and civilized nations together. "

" Self-preservation shouldn't be the first instinct in politics. It should be doing the right thing for the country. "

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" In the language of politics, there is only one translation for the phrase 'hope and change,' to wit: 'big, fat government.' "

" I see people like me, who thought someone like me couldn't be in politics, now are saying, 'Oh, wait, I don't need to take money from corporations to run. Maybe I'll run, too.' "

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

" When feminism does not explicitly oppose racism, and when anti-racism does not incorporate opposition to patriarchy, race and gender politics often end up being antagonistic to each other, and both interests lose. "

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" There are some people in politics and in the press who can't be confused by the facts. They just will not live in an evidence-based world. And that's regrettable. "

Hillary Clinton

" If someone uses the uniform, whatever uniform, for partisan politics, I am disappointed because I think it does erode that bond of trust we have with the American people. "

" The liberals in the House strongly resemble liberals I have known through the last two decades in the civil rights conflict. When it comes time to show on which side they will be counted, they excuse themselves. "

Shirley Chisholm

" I care about politics just like any other citizen. I'm against the war in Iraq, or any type of war. "

Enrique Iglesias

" One lesson you better learn if you want to be in politics is that you never go out on a golf course and beat the President. "

Lyndon B. Johnson

" Free speech is not to be regulated like diseased cattle and impure butter. The audience that hissed yesterday may applaud today, even for the same performance. "

William O. Douglas

" 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. "

" Top 1 Percent progressivism emphasizes the idea of fairness - but it's nevertheless a politics of outrage, animated by at least a trace of envy. It's as if 'millionaires and billionaires' were the principal problem facing America today. "