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" Politics is not bean bags. It's serious, tough stuff. "

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

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Benjamin Disraeli

" No science is immune to the infection of politics and the corruption of power. "

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" You develop an instant global consciousness, a people orientation, an intense dissatisfaction with the state of the world, and a compulsion to do something about it. From out there on the moon, international politics looks so petty. "

" I - you know, I loved politics more as a younger man. "

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Napoleon Bonaparte

" Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks. "

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" I have an aim - I have a clear aim in my mind, and the aim is that I do not like what I see in Indian politics; it is something that is inside my heart. "

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Julie Nixon Eisenhower

" Bad news isn't wine. It doesn't improve with age. "

" Remember that a civilized nation cannot just have one party; if there were only one party, this would merely be a dictatorship. Politics could not advance. "

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" When I go about my own politics, I meet Tea Party supporters who I can work with in Congress, that I find common ground with. I find Tea Party supporters who won't let me get a sentence out without judging me. To say that there is a 'Tea Party supporter' is a gross generality. "

" People say, 'Oh, politics is so polarized today,' and I'm thinking... '1861, that was polarized.' "