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" Most people who get in trouble in politics usually get in trouble because they're disconnected from the people they serve, and I don't think anybody in Tennessee, even people who won't vote for me, would accuse me of that. "

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" Well, here's what I think. I mean, the people are saying, 'We don't want it,' and the Democrats are saying, 'We don't care. We're going to pass it anyway.' And so for the next three months, Washington will be consumed with the Democrats trying to jam this through in a very messy procedure an unpopular health care bill. "

Lamar Alexander

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Care

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" The politics of partisanship and the resulting inaction and excuses have paralyzed decision-making, primarily at the federal level, and the big issues of the day are not being addressed, leaving our future in jeopardy. "

" Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof; it is temporary expedient, often wise in party politics, almost sure to be unwise in statesmanship. "

" When we have a Deputy Prime Minister who tells people not to drive cars but has two Jags himself, and where the Minister who tells people not to have two homes turns out to have nine himself no wonder the public believe politicians are hypocrites. "

" In politics stupidity is not a handicap. "

" The more aspects of life that can be moved from private reign to public realm, the better it is for politics. "

" I can't let important policy decisions hinge on the fact that an election is coming up every 90 days. "

" Identity politics preaches a splintering of one large, collaborative group into competing vindictive ones - resulting in new, angry tribes whose central thesis is to not cooperate. "

" My wife told me if there is any rumors about me, it better be about politics and not about my social life. "

" Frankly, I don't mind not being President. I just mind that someone else is. "

" By the time a man gets to be presidential material, he's been bought ten times over. "

Gore Vidal

Man

Been

" 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. "

" 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! "

" You do the policy, I'll do the politics. "

" Fiscal conservatism is just an easy way to express something that is a bit more difficult, which is that the size and scope of government, and really the size and scope of politics in our lives, has grown uncomfortable, unwieldy, intrusive and inefficient. "

" In every country, politics is considered to be a waste of time. "

" I must not write a word to you about politics, because you are a woman. "

" Scientists are being portrayed by much of the power structure in politics and business as having a vested interest - that they're just out to get more grant money by exaggerating the threats. "

David Suzuki

Business

Politics

" I think that people are tired. They're tired of the same old kind of politics. People want a new tone to politics. "

" Politics is the entertainment branch of industry. "

" There are many men of principle in both parties in America, but there is no party of principle. "

Alexis de Tocqueville

America

Principle

Politics

" We're not into politics at all. We're just saying what other people are afraid to say. "

" Politics with me isn't theater. It's performance art. Sometimes, for its own sake. "

" When I came to Johannesburg from the countryside, I knew nobody, but many strangers were very kind to me. I then was dragged into politics, and then, subsequently, I became a lawyer. "

Nelson Mandela

Nobody

Lawyer

" I discourage a cult of personality. "

" Adherents of the new religious right reject the separation of politics and religion, but they bring no spiritual insights to politics. "

" Only very intelligent people don't wish they were in politics, and I'm dumb enough to want to be in there. "

" With respect to Barack Obama, let's face it; Barack Obama is an iconic figure in the African-American community. We respect that. We understand that. African-Americans are going to vote for the first black president, especially when he happens to share the liberal politics on economic issues that many in that community hold. "

" Reporters thrive on the world's misfortune. For this reason they often take an indecent pleasure in events that dismay the rest of humanity. "

" Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage. "