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" Social history might be defined negatively as the history of a people with the politics left out. "

G. M. Trevelyan

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" Voting is a civic sacrament. "

Theodore Hesburgh

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

" You know, rock stardom... I have a hard time discussing that because I don't really accept it. It's not really that tangible. What's really bizarre is how it's used as a thing - you know, 'He's the rock star of politics,' 'He's the rock star of quarterbacks' - like it's the greatest thing in the world. "

" The FARC has given up their arms. They are now a political party. They are now doing politics, which is what a peace process was all about. "

Juan Manuel Santos

" All politics are local, and so in church. "

" I'm not really into politics, but if I had my own country, I would make sure all my people were educated and figuring out what they love to do, and focusing on that. "

Tiffany Haddish

" I am so pleased and happy, and I believe that the Almighty God has a plan for our nation by putting us in strategic positions in politics, business, and everywhere. "

" We've had characters like Trump in American politics forever, characters who trade on xenophobia. "

Lin-Manuel Miranda

" Confronted with the choice, the American people would choose the policeman's truncheon over the anarchist's bomb. "

" I hope that young people will also look to politics as a vehicle to not only have their voices heard, but actually to be the change makers that they want to see. They are disaffected, understandably, but I hope that young people will not only turn out to vote but also run for office. "

Chelsea Clinton

" We tend to think of politics as bad, full of dirty tricks, negative ads, big campaigns, but I am here to explore the original meaning of politics, which is positive and has to do with balancing competing interests and looking for solutions. "

" 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. "

James Russell Lowell

" To err is human. To blame someone else is politics. "

Hubert H. Humphrey

" Whenever a man has cast a longing eye on offices, a rottenness begins in his conduct. "

Thomas Jefferson

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

Fletcher Knebel

" Morality binds people into groups. It gives us tribalism, it gives us genocide, war, and politics. But it also gives us heroism, altruism, and sainthood. "

" I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. I love it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords and harmonies. "

Napoleon Bonaparte

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

" Every two years the American politics industry fills the airwaves with the most virulent, scurrilous, wall-to-wall character assassination of nearly every political practitioner in the country - and then declares itself puzzled that America has lost trust in its politicians. "

Charles Krauthammer

" We must act in unison and rising above politics on the question of development of the country and empowerment of the youth to raise them as future leader in every field of our national life. "

" Politics, after all, is largely about power. And power goes to the core of our issues of control and narcissism and need to be right and tendency to divide the human race into 'us' vs. 'them.' "

" The first requirement of politics is not intellect or stamina but patience. Politics is a very long run game and the tortoise will usually beat the hare. "

" I've always championed women in politics. We just get stuck in; politics isn't a game. The decisions we make affect people's lives, and that is something we must all keep to the forefront of our minds. "

" The typical American citizen is the business man. The typical business man is a bad citizen; he is busy. If he is a 'big business man' and very busy, he does not neglect; he is busy with politics, oh, very busy and very businesslike. "

Lincoln Steffens

" 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. "

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

Hubert H. Humphrey

" The artist can be above political parties, he can belong in a political party, he can act in politics. "

" A wise nation should cultivate a political spirit that allows opponents to cooperate without fearing an automatic execution from their core supporters. Who knew that the real rogues in American politics would be the ones who dare to get along? "

" Politics is the one field you don't age out of. "

" We can find common ground in agreeing that politics have no room in foreign policy. "