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" The unique thing about our country is that we have Hindus, Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Parsis, and people of all other religions. We have temples and mosques, gurdwaras and churches. But we do not bring all this into politics... This is the difference between India and Pakistan. "

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" Politics should share one purpose with religion: the steady emancipation of the individual through the education of his passions. "

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" I got active in this business of politics and self-government in 1958 when my father, who was serving in the U.S. Army, took us to the battlefield of Verdun. "

" Politics isn't just a game of clashing parties and competing interests. The right reason is to challenge the status quo, to serve the common good, and to leave this nation better than we found it. "

" I am a profound pessimist both about life and about human relations and about politics and ecology. Humans are inadequate and stupid creatures who sooner or later make a mess, and those who are trying to do good do a lot more damage than those who are muddling along. "

" If there is any fixed star in our constitutional constellation, it is that no official, high or petty, can prescribe what shall be orthodox in politics, nationalism, religion, or other matters of opinion, or force citizens to confess by word or act. "

" Being president is like being a jackass in a hailstorm. There's nothing to do but to stand there and take it. "

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

Prince

" Voting is a civic sacrament. "

" Most people who get in trouble in politics usually get in trouble because they're disconnected from the people they serve, and I don't think anybody in Tennessee, even people who won't vote for me, would accuse me of that. "

Lamar Alexander

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People

" I am in the fighting game. I don't care about anything else. I don't watch the news, I don't care about politics, I don't care about other sports. I don't care about anything I don't need to care about. This is my sport: it is my life. I study it; I think about it all the time. Nothing else matters. "

" The good news is that, according to the Obama administration, the rich will pay for everything. The bad news is that, according to the Obama administration, you're rich. "

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

" I'm not a big politics guy. "

" 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. "

Hunter S. Thompson

Other

Serious

" In 'Healing the Soul of America,' I wrote about Gandhi's notion of soul force in politics and why it matters to stand on your truth. "

Marianne Williamson

" I do not know much about politics, but I am trying to do the best I can with this administration until the time shall come for me to turn it over to somebody else. "

" Half a truth is better than no politics. "

Gilbert K. Chesterton

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Half

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" Animals have come to mean so much in our lives. We live in a fragmented and disconnected culture. Politics are ugly, religion is struggling, technology is stressful, and the economy is unfortunate. What's one thing that we have in our lives that we can depend on? A dog or a cat loving us unconditionally, every day, very faithfully. "

" To rely upon conviction, devotion, and other excellent spiritual qualities; that is not to be taken seriously in politics. "

" Hell hath no fury like a bureaucrat scorned. "

Milton Friedman

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" Before I went to jail, I was active in politics as a member of South Africa's leading organization - and I was generally busy from 7 A.M. until midnight. I never had time to sit and think. "

" Politics and war are remarkably similar situations. "

" That, sir, depends on whether I embrace your mistress or your politics. "

" We are bringing women into politics to change the nature of politics, to change the vision, to change the institutions. Women are not wedded to the policies of the past. We didn't craft them. They didn't let us. "

" Like any young person who gets into a political campaign, I joined out of a highfalutin' desire to change the world. But you start to see the sort of tactics people use. You start to see politics not only in the macro but in the micro of the campaign itself. Some people get turned off by this side of it. Other people are drawn to it. "

" If someone uses the uniform, whatever uniform, for partisan politics, I am disappointed because I think it does erode that bond of trust we have with the American people. "

" I believe in the separation of church and state, but I do not believe in the separation of politics from religion. "

" People in politics always say they're spending time with their family, but in my case, it's a big family. We got 23 grandkids, so I get to spend a lotta time with them, and it's extraordinarily enjoyable. "

" There comes a time in the life of every nation when it stands at the crossroads of history and must choose which way to go. "

" Part of the reason that our politics seems so tough right now and facts and science and argument does not seem to be winning the day all the time is because we're hardwired not to always think clearly when we're scared. And the country's scared. "

Barack Obama