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" 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

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" Do you ever get the feeling that the only reason we have elections is to find out if the polls were right? "

" Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word. "

Charles de Gaulle

" The introduction of religious passion into politics is the end of honest politics, and the introduction of politics into religion is the prostitution of true religion. "

" That is why every military officer fights - so that there may be peace. "

Juan Manuel Santos

" I always voted at my party's call, and I never thought of thinking for myself at all. "

William Gilbert

" When truth takes a backseat to ego and politics, trust is lost. "

Patrick Lencioni

" I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end. "

Margaret Thatcher

" Remember that politics, colonialism, imperialism and war also originate in the human brain. "

Vilayanur S. Ramachandran

" King Louis Philippe once said to me that he attributed the great success of the British nation in political life to their talking politics after dinner. "

Benjamin Disraeli

" Liberalism is, I think, resurgent. One reason is that more and more people are so painfully aware of the alternative. "

John Kenneth Galbraith

" The thing I love about politics and sports is that there is an end goal - winning - and there are indeed winners and losers. "

" My politics were pretty anarchistic until 1969 when the Montreal police went on strike. Within hours, mayhem and rioting broke out and the Mounties had to be called in to restore order. It instilled in me that one's convictions can be subjected to empirical test. "

" 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. "

Joseph Stiglitz

" I'm well aware of the pragmatism of politics. "

" I never let my politics supersede my manners. "

" Politics is a rough and tumble business. It's not for the faint-hearted. I've got bruises and cuts from being in the political arena. But by and large, I understand how to navigate the process. "

" It's now our responsibility to prove to ourselves, to other nations, and especially to our children and our grandchildren, that politics is full of fun; politics has some wisdom. Politics is freedom. "

" I went into politics on an emotional level and soon realised that emotion has nothing to do with politics. "

Amitabh Bachchan

" The most important political office is that of the private citizen. "

Louis D. Brandeis

" In politics... never retreat, never retract... never admit a mistake. "

Napoleon Bonaparte

" I will go to the next election saying to Australians, vote for me, vote for the Liberal Party, and I will become your PM. So I'm offering myself as the alternative PM - that's one way people describe the Leader of the Opposition - but I'm not in politics for myself to realize a personal ambition. "

Malcolm Turnbull

" Intersectionality is not easy. It's not as though the existing frameworks that we have - from our culture, our politics, or our law - automatically lead people to being conversant and literate in intersectionality. "

Kimberle Williams Crenshaw

" I have a certain pool of subject matter that I like to write about, things that interest me: politics, religion, ecology, and relationships between men and women. And that's usually what I focus on. "

" The game has a cleanness. If you do a good job, the numbers say so. You don't have to ask anyone or play politics. You don't have to wait for the reviews. "

" I don't like politics. I am not aligned to any political party. I have friends in all political parties. "

" Genocide is not just a murderous madness; it is, more deeply, a politics that promises a utopia beyond politics - one people, one land, one truth, the end of difference. Since genocide is a form of political utopia, it remains an enduring temptation in any multiethnic and multicultural society in crisis. "

Michael Ignatieff

" I think politicians get hamstrung by the nature of politics when the private sector can really do great things. "

" Public employee unions are hardly the only group involved in bare-knuckles politics. Businesses lobby fiercely, and executives make hefty campaign donations. "

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

" On the Left, the best and brightest go into politics - Barack Obama is the epitome of the perfect leftist. On the Right, the best and brightest go make money. Very few conservatives want to endure all the nonsense you have to put up with to run for office. "