“ The word 'politics' is derived from the word 'poly', meaning 'many', and the word 'ticks', meaning 'blood sucking parasites'. ”
- Larry Hardiman- Copy
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“ The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace in a continual state of alarm by menacing them with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary. ”
- H. L. Mencken- Copy
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“ In politics a straight line is the shortest distance to disaster. ”
- John P. Roche- Copy
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“ Politics are almost as exciting as war, and quite as dangerous. In war you can only be killed once, but in politics many times. ”
- Winston Churchill- Copy
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“ Politics are usually the executive expression of human immaturity. ”
- Vera Brittain- Copy
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“ The more you read and observe about this politics thing, the more you've got to admit that each party's worse than the other. The one that's out always looks the best. ”
- Will Rogers- Copy
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“ Ninety-eight percent of the adults in this country are decent, hard-working, honest Americans. It's the other lousy two percent that get all the publicity. But then — we elected them. ”
- Lily Tomlin- Copy
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“ In our age there is no such thing as 'keeping out of politics.' All issues are political issues, and politics itself is a mass of lies, evasions, folly, hatred and schizophrenia. ”
- George Orwell- Copy
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“ Politics is like a race horse. A good jockey must know how to fall with the least possible damage. ”
- Edouard Herriot- Copy
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“ Politics is but the common pulse-beat, of which revolution is the fever-spasm. ”
- Wendell Phillips- Copy
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“ War should be the politics of last resort. And when we go to war, we should have a purpose that our people understand and support. ”
- Colin Powell- Copy
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“ In war you can be killed only once. In politics, many times. ”
- Winston Churchill- Copy
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“ Politics is the art of achieving the maximum amount of freedom for individuals that is consistent with the maintenance of social order. ”
- Barry Goldwater- Copy
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“ Only very intelligent people don't wish they were in politics, and I'm dumb enough to want to be in there. ”
- Orson Welles- Copy
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“ Politics is about winning. If you don't win, you don't get to put your principles into practice. Therefore, find a way to win, or sit the battle out. ”
- David Horowitz- Copy
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“ People with high ideals don't necessarily make good politicians. If clean politics is so important, we should leave the job to scientists and the clergy. ”
- Michio Watanabe- Copy
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“ Politic is going to be diluted down into a ten second window, where you whack the guy as hard as you can and then get out there. ”
- Alan Dixon- Copy
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“ Politics and the fate of mankind are shaped by men without ideals and without greatness. Men who have greatness within them don't go in for politics. ”
- Albert Camus- Copy
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“ Politics is the profession of those who have neither trade nor art. ”
- Muhammad Hijazi- Copy
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“ Religion is organized to satisfy and guide the soul — politics does the same thing for the body. ”
- Joyce Cary- Copy
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“ The history of American politics is littered with bodies of people who took so pure a position that they had no clout at all. ”
- Ben C. Bradlee- Copy
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“ The house of Lords is a model on how to care for the elderly. ”
- Franklin Field- Copy
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“ There are no true friends in politics. We are all sharks circling, and waiting, for traces of blood to appear in the water. ”
- Alan Clark- Copy
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“ There is a certain satisfaction in coming down to the lowest ground of politics, for we get rid of cant and hypocrisy. ”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson- Copy
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“ There is no gambling like politics. Nothing in which the power of circumstance is more evident. ”
- Benjamin Disraeli- Copy
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