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" Whatever you thought of his politics, Ronald Reagan was a great man, a courageous man. He took an assassin's bullet and joked to the doctors as they desperately worked to save his life. "

Christopher Buckley

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" American politics, like most things, is a story of what statisticians describe as the reversion to the mean. "

David Ignatius

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Story

" To balance China, the democracies will need new friends - and India with its fast-growing economy, youthful population, and democratic politics seems the obvious candidate. "

" In Washington, DC, politics dominate even the most casual conversations. "

" 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. "

" The basis of Ronald Reagan was his humanity. I might not have agreed with his politics, but my research - all I read about him and by him - was that he was revered because he had a big heart. He was very religious and sincere. He believed that one spoke truths because, otherwise, people would know you were lying. None of that even applies to Trump. "

" Confronted with the choice, the American people would choose the policeman's truncheon over the anarchist's bomb. "

" Honestly, I'm interested in politics; I'm interested in giving back in some form, performing some sort of civic duty. But I'm not exploring a run for governor or senator or anything along those lines. I'm focused on running Disney. "

" I believe politics is a team sport. That, for awful and unfortunate reasons beyond any of our control, the American system only allows, effectively, for two teams. "

" Authentic apology is a tricky thing to pull off in politics, which is why it so seldom occurs. Plausible deniability must be preserved. True contrition has to be displayed. Traitors to the cause must be immediately be jettisoned. Most of all, the goal is to stop the bleeding. "

" Every politician should have been born an orphan and remain a bachelor. "

" In politics it is necessary either to betray one's country or the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate. "

" 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

" It was a mistake to think that my views would have been taken on their own terms. It was a mistake to think that my last name wouldn't be a factor. "

" The best politics is no politics. "

Henry M. Jackson

Politics

Best

" I like to talk about lint and coasters, the expansion of the universe and maybe McDonald's. I'm completely turned off by the idea of politics. "

Steven Wright

Universe

Talk

" In the political system, we are a team; politics and bureaucracy, we are a team. The politicians, bureaucrats and the people, we are a team. "

" No matter what you may think about her politics or her record, Hillary Clinton understands that this is not reality television; this is reality. She understands the job of president. It involves finding solutions, not pointing fingers; and offering hope, not stoking fear. "

" Politics makes me sick. "

William Howard Taft

Sick

Politics

" My dream of politics all my life has been that it is the common business, that it is something we owe to each other to understand and discuss with absolute frankness. "

" 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 no problem with technological solutions to social problems. The key question for me is, 'Who gets to implement them?' and, 'What kinds of politics of reform do technological solutions smuggle through the back door?' "

Evgeny Morozov

Door

Politics

" It is our job above all in politics to tackle the big issues and to explain them, and have the honesty to say to people, 'There are no easy solutions here.' "

" The only reason to be in politics is public service. There's no other reason. Frankly, if that's the best job you can get in terms of money, that's too bad, you know. Because frankly, it's not well paid, everyone knows that. So for most people it's a big sacrifice. "

" You can't be in politics unless you can walk in a room and know in a minute who's for you and who's against you. "

" Art is inherently political. Even trying to make a film that has nothing to do with politics is, in and of itself, a political act. "

" I never let my politics supersede my manners. "

" Politics, as the word is commonly understood, are nothing but corruptions. "

" I was brought up with a scientific outlook on life. It's the way my father deciphers the world - whether it's football, politics or hairstyles. So I don't get anxious about the future, because I was raised to believe and accept that nothing stays the same, and the best way to survive is to adapt. "

" He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander. "

Napoleon Bonaparte

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" We are pleased to dismiss politics as entirely corrupt, if not financially, intellectually. "