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" Morality binds people into groups. It gives us tribalism, it gives us genocide, war, and politics. But it also gives us heroism, altruism, and sainthood. "
Jonathan Haidt
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" There is a holy, mistaken zeal in politics, as well as in religion. By persuading others, we convince ourselves. "
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" Part of the core information that I've been purveying is that identity politics is a sick game. You don't play racial, ethnic, and gender identity games. The Left plays them on behalf of the oppressed, let's say, and the Right tends to play them on behalf of nationalism and ethnic pride. I think they're equally dangerous. "
Jordan Peterson
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" Politics begin where the masses are, not where there are thousands, but where there are millions, that is where serious politics begin. "
Vladimir Lenin
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" The art of politics consists in knowing precisely when it is necessary to hit an opponent slightly below the belt. "
Konrad Adenauer
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" In politics, as in religion, it is equally absurd to aim at making proselytes by fire and sword. Heresies in either can rarely be cured by persecution. "
Alexander Hamilton
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" 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. "
Whitfield Diffie
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" Well Australia's been in Afghanistan from the get go, way back in 2001, but we have been resolute throughout and with support from both sides of Australian politics. "
Kevin Rudd
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" If there are three words that need to be used more in American journalism, commentary, politics, personal life... it's the magic words 'I don't know.' "
P. J. O'Rourke
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" I don't really like politics that much. And I like the order and simplicity of sports. They have an ending. You can argue with your friends about it, but in the end you still like sports. I almost love the fantasy world of sports more than the real world. "
Norm MacDonald
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" I can't let important policy decisions hinge on the fact that an election is coming up every 90 days. "
Gerhard Schroder
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" Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half. "
Gore Vidal
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" I was very aware of office politics because I was so baffled by them. So much so goes unsaid. No one says 'you're a cheeky so-and-so,' no one says 'you're so moody,' nobody ever confronts anyone else about anything. But I'm very crass, and I'm very confrontational, and I have a temper. I had to be hyper-vigilant in every office I worked in. "
Denise Mina
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" In every country, politics is considered to be a waste of time. "
Malala Yousafzai
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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. "
James Wolcott
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" I entered politics in 1967; since then, continuously, I am getting elected... Fortunately I never lost the elections. "
Sharad Pawar
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" I'm not really one of those people who believes that if you're a musician you can just leave that behind and start getting into politics. "
Damon Albarn
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" The ability of the 1 percent to buy politicians and regulators is nothing new in American politics - just as inequality has been a permanent part of our economic system. This is true of virtually all political and economic systems. "
Eric Alterman
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" Politics should not be the least heart-filled thing we do, it should be the most heart-filled thing we do. "
Marianne Williamson
" I get asked a lot about getting into politics. I say, 'Take a look at politics. You tell me what seems appealing about that.' "
George Clooney
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" Politics is the one field you don't age out of. "
P. J. O'Rourke
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" People want change but not too much change. Finding that balance is tricky for every politician. "
Eleanor Clift
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" If someone uses the uniform, whatever uniform, for partisan politics, I am disappointed because I think it does erode that bond of trust we have with the American people. "
Martin Dempsey
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" I've been to war, and it's not easy to kill. It's bloody and messy and totally horrifying, and the consequences are serious. "
Oliver Stone
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" I think, in politics, half the people are gonna like you, and half the people are not gonna like you, no matter what you do or what you say... It's like there are no right answers. If there were, everyone would choose the right answers. They're all opinions. "
Tom Brady
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" The bedfellows politics made are never strange. It only seems that way to those who have not watched the courtship. "
Marcel Achard
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" Even if you have a brain predisposed to liberalism, you might end up with some conservative friends or find inspiring conservative role models who could be very influential on you, and that could send you down a different track in life. "
Jonathan Haidt
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" Politics are very much like war. We may even have to use poison gas at times. "
Winston Churchill
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" The career of politics grants a feeling of power. The knowledge of influencing men, of participating in power over them, and above all, the feeling of holding in one's hands a nerve fiber of historically important events can elevate the professional politician above everyday routine even when he is placed in formally modest positions. "
Max Weber
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" We must act in unison and rising above politics on the question of development of the country and empowerment of the youth to raise them as future leader in every field of our national life. "
Shehbaz Sharif
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" Many people don't give a rip about politics and know as much about public affairs as they know about the topography of Pluto. "
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