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" If you choose to put political expediency and politics ahead of the men and women on the ground, for that, you'll have to answer to yourself. I find it morally reprehensible. "

Mike Pompeo

You

Women

Politics

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" One of the things being in politics has taught me is that men are not a reasoned or reasonable sex. "

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" I should prefer to have a politician who regularly went to a massage parlour than one who promised a laptop computer for every teacher. "

" If a politician murders his mother, the first response of the press or of his opponents will likely be not that it was a terrible thing to do, but rather that in a statement made six years before he had gone on record as being opposed to matricide. "

" People, not just reporters, are more interested in politics than in government, so the actual issues wouldn't be something that interested them. "

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Just

People

" I like to see myself as a bridge builder, that is me building bridges between people, between races, between cultures, between politics, trying to find common ground. "

T. D. Jakes

People

Bridge

" Scientists are being portrayed by much of the power structure in politics and business as having a vested interest - that they're just out to get more grant money by exaggerating the threats. "

David Suzuki

Business

Politics

" Conservatives have deep distrust of government power, so I not only understand their privacy concerns, I share them. "

" 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. "

Taika Waititi

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Good-Looking

" Gender used to be a barrier for women to overcome if they wanted to be in politics, but today in Taiwan the situation is somewhat different. I think there is even a preference for a woman candidate, and in local elections, we have seen that younger, better-educated female candidates are overwhelmingly preferred by the voters. "

" Politics and government are certainly among the most important of practical human interests. "

" There is no gambling like politics. "

Benjamin Disraeli

Gambling

Politics

" In politics it is necessary either to betray one's country or the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate. "

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

Robert Reich

Give

Done

" I like to talk about lint and coasters, the expansion of the universe and maybe McDonald's. I'm completely turned off by the idea of politics. "

Steven Wright

Universe

Talk

" Politics, after all, is largely about power. And power goes to the core of our issues of control and narcissism and need to be right and tendency to divide the human race into 'us' vs. 'them.' "

" Poll after poll shows that consumers want the right to know what's in their food and how it's produced. Because our food choices have such a significant impact on our lives, this is a trend that should be welcomed, not frustrated. "

" Politics is almost as exciting as war, and quite as dangerous. In war you can only be killed once, but in politics many times. "

" I'm highly political. I spend an awful lot of time in the U.S. trying to influence decision-makers. But I don't feel in tune with British politics. "

" I am not a political person, so I cannot comment on politics. "

Andrew Tan

Political

I Am

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

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

" War should be the politics of last resort. And when we go to war, we should have a purpose that our people understand and support. "

" If you don't like the President, it costs you 90 bucks to fly to Washington to picket. If you don't like the governor, it costs you 60 bucks to fly to Albany to picket. If you don't like me - 90 cents. "

Ed Koch

Fly

" So long as we have enough people in this country willing to fight for their rights, we'll be called a democracy. "

" Politics is for the present, but an equation is for eternity. "

" Politics abhors a vacuum, and Asian countries will gravitate towards China if U.S. influence is perceived as declining. "