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" Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book. "

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

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" I learnt more about politics during one South Dakota dust storm than in seven years at the university. "

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

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" That's politics. After six o'clock, we can be friends, but before six, it's politics. "

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" If there is any fixed star in our constitutional constellation, it is that no official, high or petty, can prescribe what shall be orthodox in politics, nationalism, religion, or other matters of opinion, or force citizens to confess by word or act. "

" Daniel Patrick Moynihan is the archetypal extremely smart person who went into politics anyway instead of doing something worthwhile for his country. "

" Politics isn't just a game of clashing parties and competing interests. The right reason is to challenge the status quo, to serve the common good, and to leave this nation better than we found it. "

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" I designed collections around whatever struck my fancy... fruits, vegetables, politics, or peacocks! I entered in with no business sense. "

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