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

Charles de Gaulle

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" I believe that Catholics involved in politics carry the values of their religion within them, but have the mature awareness and expertise to implement them. The Church will never go beyond its task of expressing and disseminating its values, at least as long as I'm here. "

" Sometimes I wonder if we shall ever grow up in our politics and say definite things which mean something, or whether we shall always go on using generalities to which everyone can subscribe, and which mean very little. "

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" Too often, politics is like bad theater. The mass media simplifies stories and personalities into their most basic, digestible and familiar bits. Listeners prefer songs they have heard before, after all. "

" I hope that young people will also look to politics as a vehicle to not only have their voices heard, but actually to be the change makers that they want to see. They are disaffected, understandably, but I hope that young people will not only turn out to vote but also run for office. "

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" When they see me holding fish, they can see that I am comfortable with kings as well as with paupers. "

" I think people involved in politics make good actors. Acting and politics both involve fooling people. People like being fooled by actors. When you get right down to it, they probably like being fooled by politicians even more. A skillful actor will make you think, but a skillful politician will make you never have to think. "

" The best and brightest don't go into politics. The best and brightest are at Goldman Sachs. "

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

" Millions of Americans are standing up and saying, 'We want our country back!' Republicans, Democrats, Independents, will not go down the path of Greece, we will not go quietly into the night. "

" Politics and ethics belong to different worlds. "

" The ballot is stronger than the bullet. "

Abraham Lincoln

" I haven't been very active in politics. "

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

Roger Nash Baldwin

" Technology and the Internet are not just changing politics here in the U.S. It's also happening abroad. In the Philippines, where I grew up, grassroots organizers used text messaging to help overthrow a president. "

Jose Antonio Vargas

" I quit politics because I hated it. "

" Once the cry and the cause of a generation of progressives to make America safer, fairer and cleaner, 'regulation' is now a dirty word in our politics. Even Democrats are quick to talk about cutting regulations; Republicans hate them with - how to put it? - evangelical fervor. "

" It's such a beautiful sport, with no politics involved, no color, no class. Only as a youngster can you play and as a pro can you win. The game has kept me young, involved and excited and for me to be up here with gems of baseball. "

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

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" We're a rock n' roll band. We're more music and rock n' roll than politics. "

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" I have certainly met much more discrimination in terms of being a woman than being black, in the field of politics. "

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" The President's post should not be politicised. Once a president is elected, he is above politics. "

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" The days when the words 'Hollywood actor' framed Ronald Reagan like bunny fingers as an ID tag and an implied insult seem far-off and quaint: nearly everybody in politics - candidate, consultant, pundit, and Tea Party crowd extra alike - is an actor now, a shameless ham in a hoked-up reality series that never stops. "

" The first requirement of politics is not intellect or stamina but patience. Politics is a very long run game and the tortoise will usually beat the hare. "

" I've always said that in politics, your enemies can't hurt you, but your friends will kill you. "

" I could pose in fashion commercials as a high society star but politics is a new way of life. "

" Politics in Washington is a contact sport. But it shouldn't be a personal animosity sport. "

" The flood of money that gushes into politics today is a pollution of democracy. "