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" You begin to realize that hypocrisy is not a terrible thing when you see what overt fascism is compared to sort of covert, you know, communal politics which the Congress has never been shy of indulging in. "

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" You know, rock stardom... I have a hard time discussing that because I don't really accept it. It's not really that tangible. What's really bizarre is how it's used as a thing - you know, 'He's the rock star of politics,' 'He's the rock star of quarterbacks' - like it's the greatest thing in the world. "

Eddie Vedder

Know

World

Rock

" There's a problem with political polling in that you have so much pressure to do what your client wants you to do and say what your client wants you to say. I've never felt that pressure. I am independent of the political parties. "

" Our culture is more shaped by the arts and humanities than it often is by politics. "

Jim Leach

Politics

Shaped

" Skip the religion and politics, head straight to the compassion. Everything else is a distraction. "

" Trying to take money out of politics is like trying to take jumping out of basketball. "

" If you have embraced a creed which appears to be free from the ordinary dirtiness of politics - a creed from which you yourself cannot expect to draw any material advantage - surely that proves that you are in the right? "

" There are no friends at cards or world politics. "

" As politics is disconnected from its ethical and material moorings, it becomes easier to punish and imprison young people than to educate them. "

" In government you carry each hope; each disillusion. And in politics it's always about the next challenge. "

" Politics is the most important of the civil activities and has its own field of action, which is not that of religion. "

" One thing I have learned in my time in politics is that if one of the parties is shameless, the other party cannot afford to be spineless. "

" 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. "

" Populist promises to reverse every tough decision are nothing but empty rhetoric, irresponsible leadership, and bad politics. They are not the solution to Ireland's problems. "

" Like Indiana Jones, I don't like snakes - though that might lead some to ask why I'm in politics. "

" One of the reasons people hate politics is that truth is rarely a politician's objective. Election and power are. "

" Money has always been in politics. And I'm not sure you'd want money to be completely out of politics. "

" Electoral politics was always an objective of the Black Panther party, so Barack Obama is a part of what we dreamed and struggled and died for. "

" Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word. "

Charles de Gaulle

Politician

Never

" The first requirement of politics is not intellect or stamina but patience. Politics is a very long run game and the tortoise will usually beat the hare. "

" Politics and ethics belong to different worlds. "

" Yes, politics IS war without bloodshed; and war is an extension of those politics. "

" Politics is the only field in which the more experience you have, the worse you get. "

Kinky Friedman

You

Politics

" It's such a beautiful sport, with no politics involved, no color, no class. Only as a youngster can you play and as a pro can you win. The game has kept me young, involved and excited and for me to be up here with gems of baseball. "

Jack Buck

Politics

Beautiful

" Television doesn't like politics very well, if you can infer that from the way they cover it. "

Jack Germond

Politics

Way

" Satire is fascinating stuff. It's deadly serious, and when politics begin to break down, there is a drift towards satire, because it's the only thing that makes any sense. "

" I know from personal experience that engaging with your community and helping others helps foster a sense of shared sacrifice and - at a time when our politics seem more focused on tearing us apart than bringing us together - that shared sacrifice will help us rekindle the national unity that has made us the strongest nation in the world. "

" There's people coming in who've never done any politics at all, who've never been in a trade union, they've never been in a political party, they've never done anything, but they do feel a kind of urgency. "

" Joy doesn't betray but sustains activism. And when you face a politics that aspires to make you fearful, alienated and isolated, joy is a fine initial act of insurrection. "

" I think what I would really most like to write about is palm trees and bougainvillea and hummingbirds. I would like to go into the desert and write about salamanders and the Grand Canyon, but history keeps rupturing my experience because politics are everywhere. "

Robin Coste Lewis

History

Experience

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