“The most important political office is that of the private citizen.”
— Louis D. Brandeis
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A conservative is a man who just
“A conservative is a man who just sits and thinks, mostly sits.”
— Woodrow Wilson
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The successful revolutionary is a statesman, the
“The successful revolutionary is a statesman, the unsuccessful one a criminal.”
— Erich Fromm
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In politics, as in religion, it is
“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
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Those who say religion has nothing to
“Those who say religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion is.”
— Mahatma Gandhi
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I tend to avoid televisions, politics, and
“I tend to avoid televisions, politics, and places with velvet ropes.”
— Demetri Martin
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Forget sex or politics or religion, loneliness
“Forget sex or politics or religion, loneliness is the subject that clears out a room.”
— Doug Coupland
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An idea not coupled with action will
“An idea not coupled with action will never get any bigger than the brain cell it occupied.”
— Arnold H. Glasow
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The central conservative truth is that it
“The central conservative truth is that it is culture, not politics, that determines the success of a society. The central liberal truth is that politics can change a culture and save it from itself.”
— Daniel Patrick Moynihan
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I kept a steel wall around my
“I kept a steel wall around my moral and sexual instincts – protecting them, I thought, from the threats of the real world. This gave me a tremendous advantage in politics, if not in my soul. The true me, my spiritual core, slipped further and further from reach.”
— James McGreevey
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No. I probably do better not being
“No. I probably do better not being in politics. They have too much control over you when you are in politics.”
— Evander Holyfield
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