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" The world is governed by opinion. "

William Ellery Channing

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" Culture is about humanizing people. You look at the African-American civil rights movement, you look at the LGBT rights movement - the culture changed before the politics did. "

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" China-Pakistan relationship is indeed special because it transcends the changes of the times and politics and represents a fine example of friendly state-to-state interactions. "

" There are times in politics when you must be on the right side and lose. "

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" Radical changes in world politics leave America with a heightened responsibility to be, for the world, an example of a genuinely free, democratic, just and humane society. "

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

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" Globalization and trade liberalization were supposed to make us all better off through the mechanism of trickle-down economics. What we seemed to be seeing instead was trickle-up economics, accompanied by a destruction of democratic politics, as we moved ever closer to a system of 'one dollar, one vote' as opposed to 'one person, one vote.' "

Joseph Stiglitz

" I believe that Catholics involved in politics carry the values of their religion within them, but have the mature awareness and expertise to implement them. The Church will never go beyond its task of expressing and disseminating its values, at least as long as I'm here. "

" The Arab spring that began in 2010 was driven by the educated youth who were connected to the outside world. They had visions of liberal politics derived from social networks. They used innovative means to spread awareness and to network among activists. "

" I have a fantasy where Ted Turner is elected President but refuses because he doesn't want to give up power. "

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" It is enough that the people know there was an election. The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything. "

" It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first. "

" With respect to Barack Obama, let's face it; Barack Obama is an iconic figure in the African-American community. We respect that. We understand that. African-Americans are going to vote for the first black president, especially when he happens to share the liberal politics on economic issues that many in that community hold. "

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" The bedfellows politics made are never strange. It only seems that way to those who have not watched the courtship. "

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" Gender used to be a barrier for women to overcome if they wanted to be in politics, but today in Taiwan the situation is somewhat different. I think there is even a preference for a woman candidate, and in local elections, we have seen that younger, better-educated female candidates are overwhelmingly preferred by the voters. "

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" War is not an independent phenomenon, but the continuation of politics by different means. "

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