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" The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. "

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" There are some people in politics and in the press who can't be confused by the facts. They just will not live in an evidence-based world. And that's regrettable. "

Hillary Clinton

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Live

People

" Sexism is alive and well in politics, as it is in all industries. "

" If you believe that America must work for all of us, not just the rich and powerful, if you believe we must reject the politics of fear and division, if you believe we are stronger together, then let's work our hearts out to make Hillary Clinton the next President of the United States! "

" Richard Nixon was a very complex man. I don't think he was a conservative, nor liberal, not even a moderate. He was a pragmatic politician. He loved politics. "

" In politics, as in religion, it is equally absurd to aim at making proselytes by fire and sword. Heresies in either can rarely be cured by persecution. "

" Oh, that lovely title, ex-president. "

Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Politics

" If there are three words that need to be used more in American journalism, commentary, politics, personal life... it's the magic words 'I don't know.' "

" A party of order or stability, and a party of progress or reform, are both necessary elements of a healthy state of political life. "

" In Asia, it's customary to get together with your entire extended family on a regular basis, and it's all rife with politics. "

" Oprah's got good politics, she's got a good heart, and she'll have us all up Jazzercising at six in the morning. This cannot be a bad thing, and reading a book while we're Jazzercising. So America would be better off if Oprah were president. "

" Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation. "

" I've always tried to avoid politics because most politicians that I know are quite dirty in terms of human dignity, ethics and morals. "

" Faced with the choice between changing one's mind and proving that there is no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy on the proof. "

John Kenneth Galbraith

Everyone

Mind

Need

" We need leadership. We don't need a doubling down on the failed politics of the past. "

" I don't think consensus-building politics is what I'm meant to be doing. "

Christopher Hitchens

" True, the country is divided, but it's not Right and Left. It's Left and Not Left. It is because, for liberals, politics is personal and therefore extremely loud. For the rest of us, we prefer community over calamity. "

" People say satire is dead. It's not dead; it's alive and living in the White House. "

" A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward. "

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Politics

Two

Walk

" The flood of money that gushes into politics today is a pollution of democracy. "

" Trauma and sexual abuse are two of our most pressing human and societal problems. They must be studied by unbiased scientific investigation rather than polarized by hysteria and politics. "

" The way the Queens Democratic party machine has worked, they operate on a politics of exclusion. "

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Machine

Exclusion

Politics

" 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

Lost

Same

Way

" It has been well said that a hungry man is more interested in four sandwiches than four freedoms. "

Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.

Man

Politics

" I'll assure you this: I will have nothing to do with politics. "

" I entered politics in 1967; since then, continuously, I am getting elected... Fortunately I never lost the elections. "

" I have always hated celebrities lecturing people on politics. So forgive me. But I am passionate about this country. I am equally passionate about the potential of the people who live here. "

" The more you observe politics, the more you've got to admit that each party is worse than the other. "

Will Rogers

Party

You

" In modern politics, polls often serve as the canary in the mine - an early warning signal of danger or trends. But polls can also be used to wag the dog - diverting attention from something significant. "

" What my job is, is to get on with getting the process of democratic politics, back on the road, entrenching the peace settlement, and I ask you to judge me on my record. "

Peter Hain

Road

Politics

" In politics a capable ruler must be guided by circumstances, conjectures and conjunctions. "