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

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" Their very conservatism is secondhand, and they don't know what they are conserving. "

Robertson Davies

" A leader is someone who steps back from the entire system and tries to build a more collaborative, more innovative system that will work over the long term. "

" Democracy is being allowed to vote for the candidate you dislike least. "

" In truth, government has been good to Wall Street and big business. "

" No matter what you may think about her politics or her record, Hillary Clinton understands that this is not reality television; this is reality. She understands the job of president. It involves finding solutions, not pointing fingers; and offering hope, not stoking fear. "

Michael Bloomberg

" It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first. "

" True patriotism isn't cheap. It's about taking on a fair share of the burden of keeping America going. "

" I wasn't a particularly brilliant student, but on the other hand, I was very active in Student Union affairs and in student politics. "

" 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

" The only way to make sure no bank is too big to fail is to make sure no bank is too big. "

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

Doing The Right Thing

" There will always be a business cycle, and white-collar workers will get hit in the next recession like they always do in recessions. "

" That's politics. After six o'clock, we can be friends, but before six, it's politics. "

Thomas P. O'Neill

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

William E. Gladstone

" 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. "

Jordan Peterson

" Few businessmen are capable of being in politics, they don't understand the democratic process, they have neither the tolerance or the depth it takes. Democracy isn't a business. "

" Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself. "

" My three years in politics was very instructive about the way in which the appetite for political power can destroy a human mind, destroy principles and values, and transform people into little monsters. "

Mario Vargas Llosa

" I always voted at my party's call, and I never thought of thinking for myself at all. "

William Gilbert

" People want change but not too much change. Finding that balance is tricky for every politician. "

" I know politics is emotionally brutal; I've already had experience with the reality of smear campaigns, so I understand there will not be a path of roses laid before me. "

Marianne Williamson

" No science is immune to the infection of politics and the corruption of power. "

Jacob Bronowski

" Globalization and free trade do spur economic growth, and they lead to lower prices on many goods. "

" 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. "

" The revolution is a dictatorship of the exploited against the exploiters. "

" If you have always believed that everyone should play by the same rules and be judged by the same standards, that would have gotten you labeled a radical 60 years ago, a liberal 30 years ago and a racist today. "

" I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. I love it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords and harmonies. "

Napoleon Bonaparte

" Radical conservatives want to police bedrooms. "

" As we segregate by income into different communities, schools in lower-income areas have fewer resources than ever. "

" The first lesson of economics is scarcity: there is never enough of anything to fully satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics. "