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" If you have embraced a creed which appears to be free from the ordinary dirtiness of politics - a creed from which you yourself cannot expect to draw any material advantage - surely that proves that you are in the right? "

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" If you believe you can make a difference, not just in politics, in public service, in advocacy around all these important issues, then you have to be prepared to accept that you are not going to get 100 percent approval. "

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" It has been well said that a hungry man is more interested in four sandwiches than four freedoms. "

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" But I don't need to use politics as a way of making money. "

" If you are going to sin, sin against God, not the bureaucracy. God will forgive you but the bureaucracy won't. "

" The sad duty of politics is to establish justice in a sinful world. "

" Life is a corrupting process from the time a child learns to play his mother off against his father in the politics of when to go to bed; he who fears corruption fears life. "

" There is no sea more dangerous than the ocean of practical politics none in which there is more need of good pilotage and of a single, unfaltering purpose when the waves rise high. "

" All the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who are not fighting. "

" Society has always to demand a little more from human beings than it will get in practice. "

" The only difference between the Democrats and the Republicans is that the Democrats allow the poor to be corrupt, too. "

" What we see before us is a politics devoid of kindness and truth... today, politics is not being used in the service of the people: it is being used to crush them, not to lift them up. "

" Joyce is a poet and also an elephantine pedant. "

" Objective journalism is one of the main reasons that American politics has been allowed to be so corrupt for so long. "

" My dream of politics all my life has been that it is the common business, that it is something we owe to each other to understand and discuss with absolute frankness. "

" A lot of times, politics, global issues are very black and white. There is a place for that, but it's also fantastic to have art side by side, from different viewpoints, open for interpretations. "

" The Bible is very clear about one thing: Using politics to create fairness is a sin. "

" Rude people will now & then ask me why I think I know so much about Politics. I tell them it's because I'm Smart... But that is a lie: The real reason is because I'm an incurable Gambling addict. "

Hunter S. Thompson

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" At fifty everyone has the face he deserves. "

George Orwell

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" Patriotism is usually stronger than class hatred, and always stronger than internationalism. "

" Politics is a noble activity. We should revalue it, practise it with vocation and a dedication that requires testimony, martyrdom, that is to die for the common good. "

" When it comes to the pinch, human beings are heroic. "

" I know many writers who first dictate passages, then polish what they have dictated. I speak, then I polish - occasionally I do windows. "

" Too often, we see wedge politics and petty rhetoric used to belittle adversaries and inflame partisan divisions. "

" Populist promises to reverse every tough decision are nothing but empty rhetoric, irresponsible leadership, and bad politics. They are not the solution to Ireland's problems. "

" I'm not really into politics, but if I had my own country, I would make sure all my people were educated and figuring out what they love to do, and focusing on that. "

" A good Catholic meddles in politics, offering the best of himself, so that those who govern can govern. But what is the best that we can offer to those who govern? Prayer! "

" Our culture is more shaped by the arts and humanities than it often is by politics. "

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" There's an old joke that politics is Hollywood for ugly people. An awful lot of the press coverage about Washington reads like coverage of Hollywood. Madonna is having some spat with Sean Penn. Who cares? And who cares which politician is mad at that politician? "

" Politics is so personal, vicious and immediate, how are you going to get anything done? Even the local politics where I live have gotten so ugly. "

" In politics stupidity is not a handicap. "