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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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Success

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" People think that we're engaged with identity politics. The truth is that we're doing what the labor movement has always done - organizing people who are at the bottom. "

" Without the Empire we should be tossed like a cork in the cross current of world politics. It is at once our sword and our shield. "

" It is our experience that political leaders do not always mean the opposite of what they say. "

" First of all, I think it's odd that people who cover politics wouldn't have any political views. "

" All the political angst and moral melodrama about getting 'the rich' to pay 'their fair share' is part of a big charade. This is not about economics, it is about politics. "

" 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. "

" A lot of times, politics, global issues are very black and white. There is a place for that, but it's also fantastic to have art side by side, from different viewpoints, open for interpretations. "

" One of the things being in politics has taught me is that men are not a reasoned or reasonable sex. "

Margaret Thatcher

Things

Men

" 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. "

" Politicians are actors, too, don't you think? Usually, if you like people and you're outgoing, not a shy little thing, you can do pretty well in politics. "

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

" Fiscal conservatism is just an easy way to express something that is a bit more difficult, which is that the size and scope of government, and really the size and scope of politics in our lives, has grown uncomfortable, unwieldy, intrusive and inefficient. "

" Wishful thinking is not idealism. It is self-indulgence at best and self-exaltation at worst. In either case, it is usually at the expense of others. In other words, it is the opposite of idealism. "

" Kidnapping is always a threat in this life of reporting on men hurting one another because of religion and politics. "

" War should be the politics of last resort. And when we go to war, we should have a purpose that our people understand and support. "

" In order to have your voice be heard in Washington, you have to make some little contribution. "

" We live in a stage of politics, where legislators seem to regard the passage of laws as much more important than the results of their enforcement. "

William Howard Taft

Important

Politics

" I know politics is emotionally brutal; I've already had experience with the reality of smear campaigns, so I understand there will not be a path of roses laid before me. "

Marianne Williamson

" Most people don't want to talk about politics and religion. They say, 'Let's talk about something else.' "

Prince

" I weep for the liberty of my country when I see at this early day of its successful experiment that corruption has been imputed to many members of the House of Representatives, and the rights of the people have been bartered for promises of office. "

" I seldom think of politics more than eighteen hours a day. "

" Politics and war are remarkably similar situations. "

" Any criticism of Thatcher throws a dangerously absurd light on the entire machinery of British politics. Thatcher's name must be protected, not because of all the wrong that she had done, but because the people around her allowed her to do it. "

Morrissey

" I have very intense conversations with friends, people I really interconnect with. We talk about politics, important things. I like to talk about ideas and get people to be specific. "

" I should prefer to have a politician who regularly went to a massage parlour than one who promised a laptop computer for every teacher. "

" I like to see myself as a bridge builder, that is me building bridges between people, between races, between cultures, between politics, trying to find common ground. "

T. D. Jakes

People

Bridge

" Is Bill Clinton so good at politics, or are other politicians so bad? "

" Politics and power is a realm of relative influence. "

" Although the big word on the left is 'compassion,' the big agenda on the left is dependency. "