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" If there is any fixed star in our constitutional constellation, it is that no official, high or petty, can prescribe what shall be orthodox in politics, nationalism, religion, or other matters of opinion, or force citizens to confess by word or act. "

Robert Jackson

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" A lot of people are surprised when I talk so much about the present, but politics is just a crucial part of archaeology. "

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" Politics is pop. Our job as comedians - especially me, as a late-night talk show, which is a broader audience - is to amplify what we think America is thinking. "

" It is a fine game to play - the game of politics - and it is well worth waiting for a good hand before really plunging. "

" We can and must move U.S. politics forward by means of committed participation. "

" Indian democracy's greatest strength is that we have always put the nation above politics. "

" In politics, strangely enough, the best way to play your cards is to lay them face upwards on the table. "

" Skip the religion and politics, head straight to the compassion. Everything else is a distraction. "

" In argument, truth always prevails finally; in politics, falsehood always. "

" 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. "

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" I am never going to have anything more to do with politics or politicians. When this war is over I shall confine myself entirely to writing and painting. "

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" If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal. "

" You cannot spend your way out of recession or borrow your way out of debt. "