“Everybody in America is soft, and hates conflict. The cure for this, both in politics and social life, is the same – hardihood. Give them raw truth.”
— John Jay Chapman
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University politics are vicious precisely because the
“University politics are vicious precisely because the stakes are so small.”
— Henry A. Kissinger
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For us, sons of France, political sentiment
“For us, sons of France, political sentiment is a passion; while, for the Englishmen, politics are a question of business.”
— Wilfrid Laurier
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Tact and diplomacy are fine in international
“Tact and diplomacy are fine in international relations, in politics, perhaps even in business; in science only one thing matters, and that is the facts.”
— Hans Eysenck
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Most people get their politics, obviously, from
“Most people get their politics, obviously, from TV shows about senators or movies about them or… all the day-to-day press and the talk shows.”
— Judd Gregg
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American influence in the world is certainly
“American influence in the world is certainly considerable, but the United States does not control, directly or indirectly, the politics and economics of other societies, as empires have always done, save for a few special cases that turn out to be the exceptions that prove the rule.”
— Michael Mandelbaum
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After you have exhausted what there is
“After you have exhausted what there is in business, politics, conviviality, and so on – have found that none of these finally satisfy, or permanently wear – what remains? Nature remains.”
— Walt Whitman
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There is no more independence in politics
“There is no more independence in politics than there is in jail.”
— Will Rogers
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Life is a corrupting process from the
“Life is a corrupting process from the time a child learns to play his mother off against his father in the politics of when to go to bed; he who fears corruption fears life.”
— Saul Alinsky
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Inflation is as violent as a mugger,
“Inflation is as violent as a mugger, as frightening as an armed robber and as deadly as a hit man.”
— Ronald Reagan
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An Independent is someone who wants to
“An Independent is someone who wants to take the politics out of politics.”
— Adlai E. Stevenson
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