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" Politics is the one field you don't age out of. "
P. J. O'Rourke
Field
You
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" Democracy is a revelation, but it's complicated. There are elections to hold, politics to create, rights to assert, grievances to settle and institutions to build. To many, it's exhilarating. For others, it can be disappointing when it turns out that democracy doesn't immediately make life better. "
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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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" Children live in the only successful Marxist state ever created: the family. 'From each according to his ability, to each according to his need' is the family's practice as well as its theory. Even with today's scattershot patterns of marriage and parenting, a family is collectivist to a more than North Korean degree. "
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" Charles McCarry is the best modern writer on the subject of intrigue - by the breadth of Alan Furst, by the fathom of Eric Ambler, by any measure. "
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" Democrats hate success. "
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" War diminishes both civil and economic rights. "
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" We are still living with a double standard. I know it. Every woman I know knows it, whether you're in the media as a woman, or you're in the professions or business or politics. "
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" Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself. "
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" Government serves Christ's kingdom rule; this is its purpose. And Christians' purpose in politics should be to advance the kingdom of God - to make it more real, more tangible, more present. "
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