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" I think there is one higher office than president and I would call that patriot. "

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" Sitting at a candidate rally is similar to sitting in a ballyard. Both give you the opportunity to assess the technical metrics and reflect on the intangibles - what baseball calls 'make up' and politics calls 'character' - the leadership, talent and maturity to add value to a venture. "

Christine Pelosi

" You can get awful famous in this country in seven days. "

" We need more of the Office Desk and less of the Show Window in politics. Let men in office substitute the midnight oil for the limelight. "

Calvin Coolidge

" All art is political in the sense that it serves someone's politics. "

" 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. "

" I - you know, I loved politics more as a younger man. "

" It is impossible to practice parliamentary politics without having patience, decency, politeness and courtesy. "

" 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. "

" It's not okay to lie about people and particularly not okay to hurl the worst imaginable names at people just because you think you might not like their politics. "

Milo Yiannopoulos

" 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

" When I traveled as secretary of state, I was deluged with thick briefing books full of information about the politics, economy, and culture of each destination, so those took up most of my reading time. "

Hillary Clinton

" I wish I was less good-looking and more unpopular. Then I could get into politics and use my pent-up resentment about being ugly and unpopular to systematically destroy the country. "

" I don't like politics. I am not aligned to any political party. I have friends in all political parties. "

" Macroeconomic policy can never be devoid of politics: it involves fundamental trade-offs and affects different groups differently. "

Joseph Stiglitz

" Trauma and sexual abuse are two of our most pressing human and societal problems. They must be studied by unbiased scientific investigation rather than polarized by hysteria and politics. "

Peter A. Levine

" I'm not one of those actors that knows everything about politics. "

Justina Machado

" Politics should not be the least heart-filled thing we do, it should be the most heart-filled thing we do. "

Marianne Williamson

" A healthy democracy requires a decent society; it requires that we are honorable, generous, tolerant and respectful. "

Charles W. Pickering

" Many politicians are in the habit of laying it down as a self-evident proposition that no people ought to be free till they are fit to use their freedom. The maxim is worthy of the fool in the old story who resolved not to go into the water till he had learned to swim. "

Thomas Babington Macaulay

" I stay out of politics because if I begin thinking too much about politics, I'll probably... drop writing children's books and become a political cartoonist again. "

" Do you ever get the feeling that the only reason we have elections is to find out if the polls were right? "

" In this world of sin and sorrow there is always something to be thankful for; as for me, I rejoice that I am not a Republican. "

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

Mikhail Bakunin

" I really believe in the radical viewpoint. And I have always believed that one's politics and the character of his particular work are inseparable. "

Whitfield Diffie

" Authentic apology is a tricky thing to pull off in politics, which is why it so seldom occurs. Plausible deniability must be preserved. True contrition has to be displayed. Traitors to the cause must be immediately be jettisoned. Most of all, the goal is to stop the bleeding. "

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

John Kenneth Galbraith

" I reject the cynical view that politics is a dirty business. "

Richard M. Nixon

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