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" In modern politics, polls often serve as the canary in the mine - an early warning signal of danger or trends. But polls can also be used to wag the dog - diverting attention from something significant. "

Donna Brazile

Early

Trends

Dog

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" 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.' "

" Pollution is nothing but the resources we are not harvesting. We allow them to disperse because we've been ignorant of their value. "

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" We live in a world in which politics has replaced philosophy. "

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" When it comes to politics today, the devils' not in the details; the devil's in the big picture, more often than not just hiding in plain sight. "

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" You know they say the most dangerous person of the world is a member of the United States Congress just home from a three-day fact-finding trip. "

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World

Politics

" Politics is repetition. It is not change. Change is something beyond what we call politics. Change is the essence politics is supposed to be the means to bring into being. "

" There are no morals in politics; there is only expedience. A scoundrel may be of use to us just because he is a scoundrel. "

" For some Republicans, 2016 is 1992: Hating Hillary Clinton is chic again. Only more so, since the former secretary of state is also the partner of and potential successor to the last two Democratic presidents - Bill Clinton and Barack Obama. "

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Potential

" 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. "

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" Feminists must denounce the use of white insecurity - whether in relation to white womanhood, white neighborhoods, white politics, or white wealth - to justify the brutal assaults against black people of all genders. "

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People

Politics

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" The best politics is no politics. "

Henry M. Jackson

Politics

Best