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Politics
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Collected Politics
Latest AdditionsI'd always admired the intellectuals who had made the transition into politics - Mario Vargas Llosa in Peru, Vaclav Havel in the Czech Republic, Carlos Fuentes in Mexico - but I knew that many of them had failed, and in any event, I wasn't exactly in their league.— Michael Ignatieff
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American politics used to be an amateur sport. But somewhere along the way, we handed over to professionals all the things people used to do for free.— Bob Schieffer
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In the political system, we are a team; politics and bureaucracy, we are a team. The politicians, bureaucrats and the people, we are a team.— Narendra Modi
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I don't expect to ever put my family background to rest but I do expect to be taken seriously as a scholar, a writer and a Latin Americanist on my own terms, not defined through my parents and their history or politics.— Chesa Boudin
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The great disadvantage of our present electoral system is that it freezes the pattern of politics, and holds together the incompatible because everyone assumes that if a party splits it will be electorally slaughtered.— Roy Jenkins
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We're not into politics at all. We're just saying what other people are afraid to say.— Eazy-E
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Nigerian politics has been, since the military dictatorships, largely non-ideological. Rather than a battle of ideas, it is about who can pump in the most money and buy the most access.— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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The longer they talk about identity politics, I got 'em. I want them to talk about racism every day. If the Left is focused on race and identity, and we go with economic nationalism, we can crush the Democrats.— Steve Bannon
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Set politics and party aside: If it's not right for Michigan's small businesses and middle class, it's never been right with me.— Gary Peters
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There is a circus around politics. But if you think it is a game, then you forget what the purpose of politics actually is.— Johann Lamont
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In my early 20s, I studied history and politics, and I really thought that perhaps I would devote my life to that.— Wallace Shawn
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Everyone knows that I have just accepted, with short notice, the worst job in politics.— Jacinda Ardern
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