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" In the language of politics, there is only one translation for the phrase 'hope and change,' to wit: 'big, fat government.' "

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Lysander Spooner

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" There's one more terrifying fact about old people: I'm going to be one soon. "

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" Satire is fascinating stuff. It's deadly serious, and when politics begin to break down, there is a drift towards satire, because it's the only thing that makes any sense. "

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" Now, do I think the baby boomers tend to be self-absorbed? I do. "

" Finality is not the language of politics. "

Benjamin Disraeli

" Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you. "

" You can learn all about the human condition from covering the crime beat in a big city - you don't need to go to Beirut for that - but a foreign correspondent begins to understand poverty from a different perspective. "

" I live in rural New Hampshire, and we are, frankly, short on people who are black, gay, Jewish, and Hispanic. In fact, we're short on people. My town has a population of 301. "

" Like Indiana Jones, I don't like snakes - though that might lead some to ask why I'm in politics. "

" Politics doesn't make strange bedfellows - marriage does. "

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

" Taking care of children has nothing to do with politics. I think perhaps with time, instead of there being a politicization of humanitarian aid, there will be a humanization of politics. "

" When I board an airplane these days, all the middle-aged men are dressed like me - when I was an 8-year-old. They're in shorts and T-shirts. And it's not just on airplanes. It's in business offices, teachers' lounges, and churches. "

" Writing on a computer makes saving what's been written too easy. Pretentious lead sentences are kept, not tossed. Instead of sitting surrounded by crumpled paper, the computerized writer has his mistakes neatly stored in digital memory. "

" My life would have gone along perfectly well, politically speaking, if it hadn't been for girls. "

" As I get older, all sorts of things become less funny. Once one has children, any cruelty involving children becomes far less amusing than when one was at the mercy of one's friends' and relatives' children. "

" We are bringing women into politics to change the nature of politics, to change the vision, to change the institutions. Women are not wedded to the policies of the past. We didn't craft them. They didn't let us. "

" 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. "

" I am never going to have anything more to do with politics or politicians. When this war is over I shall confine myself entirely to writing and painting. "

Winston Churchill

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

Robertson Davies

" People love to be told what they know already. "