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" Satire is fascinating stuff. It's deadly serious, and when politics begin to break down, there is a drift towards satire, because it's the only thing that makes any sense. "

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

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" I'm not an old, experienced hand at politics. But I am now seasoned enough to have learned that the hardest thing about any political campaign is how to win without proving that you are unworthy of winning. "

" The undue influence of money on our politics is like a cancer underlying other cancers, the issue underlying all other issues. "

Marianne Williamson

" When you are honest in your comedy, you have to acknowledge the world that you're in. Through a comedic voice, you're talking about what needs to be talked about, whether it's race relations or politics or anything that's happening on a global or an American scale. "

" Politics is the art of choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable. "

John Kenneth Galbraith

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" Politics makes me sick. "

William Howard Taft

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" Capitalism and power politics have made our generation creatively sluggish, and our vital art is mired in a broad bourgeois philistinism. "

" If you ever injected truth into politics you have no politics. "

" Good government is good politics. "

" A politician will do anything to keep his job - even become a patriot. "

" Statesmanship is harder than politics. Politics is the art of getting along with people, whereas statesmanship is the art of getting along with politicians. "

" At the end of the day, stories connect us, not politics. And there's so many stories out there waiting to be told. It's just a matter of who's out there listening. "

" The only security men can have for their political liberty, consists in keeping their money in their own pockets. "

" The trouble with Nixon is that he's a serious politics junkie. He's totally hooked and like any other junkie, he's a bummer to have around, especially as President. "

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" I see man more as an instrument or an agent more than anything else. "

" High levels of economic inequality lead to imbalances in political power, as those at the top use their economic weight to shape our politics in ways that give them more economic power. "

" In politics shared hatreds are almost always the basis of friendships. "

Alexis de Tocqueville

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" Now, a lot of people have given up on government. And if you're one of those people, I would ask that you reconsider, because things are changing. Politics is not changing; government is changing. "

" Politics - I still think it's a bunch of liars and a bunch of self-interest. It's not about the people: it's about themselves and their rise to power. They are voting on things based on whether they will have the support of the people when they vote next time. They don't have the balls to say, 'I believe in this. I don't care what happens.' "

" Politics doesn't make strange bedfellows - marriage does. "

" It is not in the nature of politics that the best men should be elected. The best men do not want to govern their fellowmen. "

" Many individuals are doing what they can. But real success can only come if there is a change in our societies and in our economics and in our politics. "

" Idealism is the despot of thought, just as politics is the despot of will. "

" As you make your bed, so you must lie in it. "

" The first lesson of economics is scarcity: there is never enough of anything to fully satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics. "

" A conservative is someone who makes no changes and consults his grandmother when in doubt. "

" There is a holy, mistaken zeal in politics, as well as in religion. By persuading others, we convince ourselves. "

" Bangalore now wants a person who doesn't only play politics. Bangalore needs a problem solver, and I am a problem solver. I will be the bridge between Bangalore and the Centre. "

" I believe politics is a team sport. That, for awful and unfortunate reasons beyond any of our control, the American system only allows, effectively, for two teams. "

" We used to play marbles for keeps. If you lost, you lost. It is the same way with politics, but not everybody knows this. "

Daniel Patrick Moynihan

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