Quotes with [politics]

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  • Harold Wilson In politics a week is a very long time.
    Harold Wilson
    British Labour politician (1916 - 1995)
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  • Cecil Parkinson In politics people give you what they think you deserve and deny you what they think you want.
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  • John Morley In politics the choice is constantly between two evils.
    John Morley
    British journalist, statesman (1838 - 1923)
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  • John Adams In politics the middle way is none at all.
    John Adams
    President of the USA (2nd) (1735 - 1826)
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  • Plato In politics we presume that everyone who knows how to get votes knows how to administer a city or a state. When we are ill... we do not ask for the handsomest physician, or the most eloquent one.
    Plato
    Greek philosopher (427 - 347)
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  • Clare Boothe Luce In politics women type the letters, lick the stamps, distribute the pamphlets and get out the vote. Men get elected.
    Clare Boothe Luce
    American diplomat and writer (1903 - 1987)
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  • Napoleon In politics, an absurdity in public business is going into it.
    Napoleon
    French Emperor (1769 - 1821)
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  • Heinrich Heine In politics, as in life, we must above all things wish only for the attainable.
    Heinrich Heine
    German poet (1797 - 1856)
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  • Alexander Hamilton In politics, as in religion, it is equally absurd to aim at making proselytes by fire and sword. Heresies in either can rarely be cured by persecution.
    Alexander Hamilton
    American statesman (1757 - 1804)
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  • Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe In politics, as on the sickbed, people toss from side to side, thinking they will be more comfortable.
    Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
    German writer and poet (1749 - 1832)
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  • Roy Hattersley In politics, being ridiculous is more damaging than being extreme.
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  • Mary McCarthy In politics, it seems, retreat is honorable if dictated by military considerations and shameful if even suggested for ethical reasons.
    Mary McCarthy
    American author (1912 - 1989)
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  • Beau Willimon In politics, it's very theatrical. There's a lot of stage craft. The campaign is trying to tell a story that they want people to believe in, and candidates are playing the role, like actors, by a creative personae that people will be attracted to.
    Beau Willimon
    American playwright and screenwriter (1977 - )
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  • Benjamin Disraeli In politics, nothing is contemptible.
    Benjamin Disraeli
    English statesman and writer (1804 - 1881)
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  • Bert Lance In politics, they don't want anything that deters whatever their goal is. When people get in the way of that, that's when people get hurt - and sometimes destroyed.
    Bert Lance
    American businessman (1931 - 2013)
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  • Samuel Taylor Coleridge In politics, what begins in fear usually ends in folly.
    Samuel Taylor Coleridge
    English poet and critic (1772 - 1834)
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  • Jean Rostand In politics, yesterday's lie is attacked only to flatter today's.
    Jean Rostand
    French writer (1894 - 1977)
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  • Bert Lance In politics, you have to understand that there are some cases where you'll never be able to get votes.
    Bert Lance
    American businessman (1931 - 2013)
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  • Napoleon In politics... never retreat, never retract... never admit a mistake.
    Napoleon
    French Emperor (1769 - 1821)
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  • Alexis de Tocqueville In politics... shared hatreds are almost always the basis of friendships.
    Alexis de Tocqueville
    French aristocrat, political philosopher and sociologist (1805 - 1859)
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