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" I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office. "

Thomas Jefferson

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" To balance China, the democracies will need new friends - and India with its fast-growing economy, youthful population, and democratic politics seems the obvious candidate. "

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" Idealism is the despot of thought, just as politics is the despot of will. "

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" The politics of partisanship and the resulting inaction and excuses have paralyzed decision-making, primarily at the federal level, and the big issues of the day are not being addressed, leaving our future in jeopardy. "

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

" Identity politics preaches a splintering of one large, collaborative group into competing vindictive ones - resulting in new, angry tribes whose central thesis is to not cooperate. "

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

John Kenneth Galbraith

" Part of the core information that I've been purveying is that identity politics is a sick game. You don't play racial, ethnic, and gender identity games. The Left plays them on behalf of the oppressed, let's say, and the Right tends to play them on behalf of nationalism and ethnic pride. I think they're equally dangerous. "

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" Politics is not bean bags. It's serious, tough stuff. "

" The game has a cleanness. If you do a good job, the numbers say so. You don't have to ask anyone or play politics. You don't have to wait for the reviews. "

" War is an instrument entirely inefficient toward redressing wrong; and multiplies, instead of indemnifying losses. "

Thomas Jefferson

" There is probably a perverse pride in my administration... that we were going to do the right thing, even if short-term it was unpopular. And I think anybody who's occupied this office has to remember that success is determined by an intersection in policy and politics and that you can't be neglecting of marketing and P.R. and public opinion. "

" Politics begin where the masses are, not where there are thousands, but where there are millions, that is where serious politics begin. "

" Force is the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism. "

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" One of the reasons people hate politics is that truth is rarely a politician's objective. Election and power are. "

" Happiness is not being pained in body or troubled in mind. "

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" I do not take a single newspaper, nor read one a month, and I feel myself infinitely the happier for it. "

Thomas Jefferson

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" I tend to avoid televisions, politics, and places with velvet ropes. "