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" You develop an instant global consciousness, a people orientation, an intense dissatisfaction with the state of the world, and a compulsion to do something about it. From out there on the moon, international politics looks so petty. "

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" 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. "

William Howard Taft

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" Inflation is as violent as a mugger, as frightening as an armed robber and as deadly as a hit man. "

" 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

" When politics is interesting, people go vote. "

" Hell, I never vote for anybody, I always vote against. "

" I can't let important policy decisions hinge on the fact that an election is coming up every 90 days. "

" 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. "

" I was in civil society long before I was ever in politics or my husband was ever even elected president. "

" When an issue is so fraught with partisanship, a special counsel provides some modicum of transparency and accountability rather the the veil of politics. "

" Nobody likes, you know, the ugly parts of politics. "

" There is too much at stake for us to surrender to the politics of polarization. "

" 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. "

" The fact that people die because of an AK-47 is not because of the designer, but because of politics. "

" 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. "

" If we give up on politics, we're done for. Powerlessness is a self-fulfilling prophesy. "

Robert Reich

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" Many individuals are doing what they can. But real success can only come if there is a change in our societies and in our economics and in our politics. "

" Politics is the art of the next best. "

Otto von Bismarck

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" I will go to the next election saying to Australians, vote for me, vote for the Liberal Party, and I will become your PM. So I'm offering myself as the alternative PM - that's one way people describe the Leader of the Opposition - but I'm not in politics for myself to realize a personal ambition. "

" Hip hop music is important precisely because it sheds light on contemporary politics, history, and race. At its best, hip hop gives voice to marginal black youth we are not used to hearing from on such topics. "

" The most important political office is that of the private citizen. "

" I'm not giving up politics entirely - I'm just giving up leadership of a political party. "

" Well Australia's been in Afghanistan from the get go, way back in 2001, but we have been resolute throughout and with support from both sides of Australian politics. "

" The stakes they play for in politics are paper and money. The chips they play with are your life. "

" I quit politics because I hated it. "

" Politics, as a practise, whatever its professions, has always been the systematic organization of hatreds. "

" My father was the Prime Minister of Pakistan. My grandfather had been in politics, too; however, my own inclination was for a job other than politics. I wanted to be a diplomat, perhaps do some journalism - certainly not politics. "

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

" I don't think there is much value in trying to use the moon as a base to go to Mars. That's going into one gravity belt and having to get back out of it again. And the moon doesn't have a lot to offer as a resource base. "

" Politics is a noble activity. We should revalue it, practise it with vocation and a dedication that requires testimony, martyrdom, that is to die for the common good. "

" I had studied at Harvard and MIT astronomy and a lot about the heavens and the star system and so forth. "