100 Quotes About Political

Politics can be a confusing, infuriating, and sometimes downright depressing topic. But it doesn’t have to be. There are many ways to express your feelings about politics and its role in society, and we’ve gathered the best of them for you here. Whether you’re interested in learning more about the political scene or just want to share some of your own views, these quotes about politics will inspire you to speak up and stand up for what you believe in.

To summarize the summary of the summary: people are a...
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To summarize the summary of the summary: people are a problem. Douglas Adams
It only takes 20 years for a liberal to become...
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It only takes 20 years for a liberal to become a conservative without changing a single idea. Robert Anton Wilson
If your desire is for good, the people will be...
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If your desire is for good, the people will be good. Confucius
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And yet we have what purports, or professes, or is claimed, to be a contract–the Constitution–made eighty years ago, by men who are now all dead, and who never had any power to bind us, but which (it is claimed) has nevertheless bound three generations of men, consisting of many millions, and which (it is claimed) will be binding upon all the millions that are to come; but which nobody ever signed, sealed, delivered, witnessed, or acknowledged; and which few persons, compared with the whole number that are claimed to be bound by it, have ever read, or even seen, or ever will read, or see. Lysander Spooner
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UNDIVIDEDI am for One world undivided. One world without fear and corruption. One world ruled by Truth and Justice. I am for One peaceful world for all, Where hate has been overcome by love, And everyone is guided only By their conscience. Suzy Kassem
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In essence I find that the foundation of modern conservatism is driven by a clinging to God in fear of the world, whereas the foundation of modern liberalism is a clinging to the world in fear of God; albeit, the true foundation should be one's clinging to God in fear of God. Criss Jami
Only by showing the world the cataclysmic cost of a...
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Only by showing the world the cataclysmic cost of a world divided can it appreciate the wonders of life and endless possibilities of a world united. William Bailey
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In America, Amazon competes with yahoo and Google by competing with a gas station. Imagine if every price in QT was the same, but had a for sale sign beside higher prices, and you'll have either Amazon or Craiglist. Anonymous
There is more for us to gain through love than...
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There is more for us to gain through love than hate. Suzy Kassem
The single best thing about coming out of the closet...
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The single best thing about coming out of the closet is that nobody can insult you by telling you what you've just told them. Rachel Maddow
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Profit should never come at the cost of human blood. Any government that places profit before people is pure evil. Suzy Kassem
Truth is commodity in political consumption.
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Truth is commodity in political consumption. Toba Beta
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Normalization takes place not because there is Western-ideology that normalizes third-world texts in any special way (other than the usual play with exoticism) but because this academic seeks to domesticate everything, even Marx. Aijaz Ahmad
You can control the visibility of my name and my...
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You can control the visibility of my name and my popularity, but you cannot control the frequency at which people are quoting me. Truth always rises with time. Suzy Kassem
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The worst of it is that while we continue to sink deeper into the muck and mire that we’ve created, in the very descent itself we ignorantly declare that in reality we are rising. And until desperation has crippled us sufficiently to confess the lie that we are lifting ourselves out of this mess, and until the panic of utter hopelessness has driven us to completely surrender all of the pathetic contrivances that we’ve fashioned that have put us there, we will never realize that God has readied solid ground that stands but a single step away . Craig D. Lounsbrough
Some things are just like riding a bicycle; you jump...
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Some things are just like riding a bicycle; you jump on, pedal, and hope you don’t fall. Henry Mosquera
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I think all artists struggle to represent the geometryof life in their own way, just like writers deal witharchetypes. There are only so many stories that you cantell, but an infinite number of storytellers. Henry Mosquera
I don’t care what Einstein said about God not playing...
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I don’t care what Einstein said about God not playing dice; If he exists, he’s addicted to craps. Henry Mosquera
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Repeat a lie a thousand times and it become a successful political campaign. Ljupka Cvetanova
Let us remind our leaders that there is no place...
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Let us remind our leaders that there is no place for personal interests in politics. Mohith Agadi
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There wasn’t a question of what compromise there should be or what kind of peace process we should engage in. There was only one discussion: How do we remove the colonial power that is occupying ourcountry? Talal AbuGhazaleh
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We have very little faith in the Lord, very little trust. If we trusted the Lord as much as we trust a friend when we ask him to do something for us, neither we as individuals nor our whole country would suffer so much. Thaddeus Of Vitovnica
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Palestine is the anvil of our souls. Clovis Maksoud
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You are free; you are free to go to your temples. You are free to go to your mosques or to any other places of worship in this State of Pakistan. You may belong to any religion, caste or creed–that has nothing to do with the business of the state. Muhammad Ali Jinnah
For the ancient Greeks, the ultimate test of the educational...
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For the ancient Greeks, the ultimate test of the educational system was the moral and political quality of the students that it produced Henry A. Giroux
A tax-supported, compulsory educational system is the complete model of...
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A tax-supported, compulsory educational system is the complete model of the totalitarian state. Isabel Paterson
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Our experience of the governments of the world, our knowledge of the weapons at their disposal, and our awareness of our own limitations justify pessimism. But some mysterious factor deep in the human psyche has produced a countervailing conviction that educating, organizing, uniting, and acting will make a difference. David T. Dellinger
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If the surprise outcome of the recent UK referendum - on whether to leave or remain in the European Union - teaches us anything, it is that supposedly worthy displays of democracy in action can actually do more harm than good. Witness a nation now more divided; an intergenerational schism in the making; both a governing and opposition party torn to shreds from the inside; infinitely more complex issues raised than satisfactory solutions provided. It begs the question 'Was it really all worth it' ? . Alex Morritt
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As the patriots of seventy-six did to the support of the Declaration of Independence, so to the support of the Constitution and Laws, let every American pledge his life, his property, and his sacred honor; — let every man remember that to violate the law, is to trample on the blood of his father, and to tear the character of his own, and his children's liberty. Let reverence for the laws, be breathed by every American mother, to the lisping babe, that prattles on her lap — let it be taught in schools, in seminaries, and in colleges; — let it be written in Primmers, spelling books, and in Almanacs; — let it be preached from the pulpit, proclaimed in legislative halls, and enforced in courts of justice. And, in short, let it become the political religion of the nation; and let the old and the young, the rich and the poor, the grave and the gay, of all sexes and tongues, and colors and conditions, sacrifice unceasingly upon its altars. While ever a state of feeling, such as this, shall universally, or even, very generally prevail throughout the nation, vain will be every effort, and fruitless every attempt, to subvert our national freedom. . Abraham Lincoln
Pops added,
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Pops added, "you know, they say if you don't vote, you get the government you deserve."" And if you do, you never get the results you expected, " (Katherine) replied. E.a. Bucchianeri
We have allowed the system to be so corrupted that...
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We have allowed the system to be so corrupted that many want justice to be "empathetic, " not blind. Glenn Beck
Prepare yourself for some bad news: Ronald Reagan’s library just...
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Prepare yourself for some bad news: Ronald Reagan’s library just burned down. Both books were destroyed. But the real horror: He hadn’t finished coloring either one of them. Gore Vidal
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In one of his puckish moods Saul talked the president of a university into letting him anonymously take an examination being administered to candidates for a doctorate in community organization. "Three of the questions were on the philosophy of and motivations of Saul Alinsky, " writes Saul. "I answered two of them incorrectly. Nicholas Von Hoffman
They say the crazies come out at night. I say...
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They say the crazies come out at night. I say the crazies come out during election year: Elections have the power to turn once seemingly normal people into certified loonies. Criss Jami
Ultimately amorality is immorality.
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Ultimately amorality is immorality. Roger M. Keesing
Global betterment is a mental process, not one that requires...
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Global betterment is a mental process, not one that requires huge sums of money or a high level of authority. Change has to be psychological. Suzy Kassem
To really change the world, we have to help people...
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To really change the world, we have to help people change the way they see things. Suzy Kassem
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It is not good for man to be kept perforce at all times in the presence of his species. A world from which solitude is extirpated is a very poor ideal. Solitude, in the sense of being often alone, is essential to any depth of meditation or of character; and solitude in the presence of natural beauty and grandeur, is the cradle of thoughts and aspirations which are not only good for the individual, but which society could ill do without. Nor is there much satisfaction in contemplating the world with nothing left to the spontaneous activity of nature; with every rood of land brought into cultivation, which is capable of growing food for human beings; every flowery waste or natural pasture ploughed up, all quadrupeds or birds which are not domesticated for man's use exterminated as his rivals for food, every hedgerow or superfluous tree rooted out, and scarcely a place left where a wild shrub or flower could grow without being eradicated as a weed in the name of improved agriculture. If the earth must lose that great portion of its pleasantness which it owes to things that the unlimited increase of wealth and population would extirpate from it, for the mere purpose of enabling it to support a larger, but not a better or a happier population, I sincerely hope, for the sake of posterity, that they will be content to be stationary, long before necessity compels them to it. John Stuart Mill
When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength...
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When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid. Audre Lorde
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For the master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house. They may allow us to temporarily beat him at his own game, but they will never enable us to bring about genuine change. Racism and homophobia are real conditions of all our lives in this place and time. I urge each one of us here to reach down into that deep place of knowledge inside herself and touch that terror and loathing of any difference that lives here. See whose face it wears. Then the personal as the political can begin to illuminate all our choices. Audre Lorde
We have never been outnumbered, we have only been out...
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We have never been outnumbered, we have only been out organized. Linda Sarsour
Ineffective leadership, is the plight of followers who anoint power...
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Ineffective leadership, is the plight of followers who anoint power to the autocratic persons who's visions are not founded but are rather arbitrary in their nature. Wayne Chirisa
I am worried about our tendency to over invest in...
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I am worried about our tendency to over invest in things and under invest in people. John Kenneth Galbraith
And in heaven's name, who are the public enemies?
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And in heaven's name, who are the public enemies?" exclaimed Dr. Leete. "Are they France, England Germany or hunger, cold and nakedness? Edward Bellamy
Generals, on the average, are far less bellicose than journalists...
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Generals, on the average, are far less bellicose than journalists or patriotic housewives: They know the horrors of a war and they dislike any break in the routine Erik Von KuehneltLeddihn
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The state can't give you freedom, and the state can't take it away. You'reborn with it, like your eyes, like your ears. Freedom is something youassume, then you wait for someone to try to take it away. The degree towhich you resist is the degree to which you are free... Utah Phillips
When enough people understand reality, tyrants can literally be ignored...
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When enough people understand reality, tyrants can literally be ignored out of existence. They can't ever be voted out of existence. Larken Rose
No settlement with the majority is possible as no Hindu...
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No settlement with the majority is possible as no Hindu leader speaking with any authority shows any concern or genuine desire for it. Muhammad Ali Jinnah
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The worst possible outlook is indifference that says, “I can’t do anything about it; I’ll just get by.” Behaving like that deprives you of one of the essentials of being human: the capacity and the freedom to feel outraged. That freedom is indispensable, as is the political involvement that goes with it. Unknown
Freedom of speech is detestable only to those who have...
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Freedom of speech is detestable only to those who have no desire to think for themselves. Criss Jami
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Let no one ever intimidate you, you are standing on no one's ground. But again, some have claimed the earth as their own and usurped power from the rest of us. But they are usurpers; power belongs to every one of us. Seek it as much as possible. There is no shame in that. In fact it's a necessity. Either you have power or you are trampled to death in the stampede to get to the top Bangambiki Habyarimana
Censorship is alive and well in America.
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Censorship is alive and well in America. Suzy Kassem
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There is nothing we can now call our own, for what we call so is the effect of art; crimes are made by decrees of the senate, or by the votes of the people; and as here-to-fore we are burdened by vices, so now we are oppressed by laws. Blaise Pascal
50% of all facts are false and the other half...
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50% of all facts are false and the other half are just made up Johnny Corn
It seems politicians projected the powerful brand called Ambedkar, rather...
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It seems politicians projected the powerful brand called Ambedkar, rather than his ideologies. Like the ad says 'name is enough. Anoop Raghav
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There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge. Isaac Asimov
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If there is ever a fascist takeover in America, it will come not in the form of storm troopers kicking down doors but with lawyers and social workers saying. "I'm from the government and I'm here to help. Jonah Goldberg
Everyone should have health insurance? I say everyone should have...
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Everyone should have health insurance? I say everyone should have health care. I'm not selling insurance. Dennis Kucinich
It is the purpose of government to see that not...
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It is the purpose of government to see that not only the legitimate interests of the few are protected but that the welfare and rights of the many are conserved. Franklin D. Roosevelt
No country can police corruption in other countries when it...
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No country can police corruption in other countries when it itself is not free from corruption. You cannot clean a dirty wall with dirty hands. Suzy Kassem
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If we are not registering bad events in history to learn from them, then why are we even still publishing them at all? Is it really an outlandish ideal to want a peaceful and prosperous nation, one ruled only by compassion, truth and justice? As of now, there is no peace, no truth, no prosperity, no compassion - and NO COMMON SENSE. Since when did the words human and inhumane share the same meaning? . Suzy Kassem
Communism as I see it has no place in the...
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Communism as I see it has no place in the United States, and the American people will not stand for its teachings. F. Scott Fitzgerald
I would rather contend with an honest asshole than a...
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I would rather contend with an honest asshole than a duplicitous diplomat. A.E. Samaan
Politics, it's all corrupt!
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Politics, it's all corrupt! Steven Magee
A nation with a thousand awakened citizens and a corrupt...
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A nation with a thousand awakened citizens and a corrupt leader, is much more alive than a nation with an awakened leader and a thousand corrupt citizens. Abhijit Naskar
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Electing a bigot enables further bigotry. DaShanne Stokes
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Chaos brings movement to whatever is stagnant in your life. Stagnation leads to apathy, numbness, illness, suffering, etc. Be grateful for the situations in your life that may seem chaotic in the present moment, and realize that, in the greater scheme of things, chaos is Spirit giving you an opportunity… or possibly pushing you to move, grow, and be in the flow. Alaric Hutchinson
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Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic socialism, as I understand it. It seems to me nonsense, in a period like our own, to think that one can avoid writing of such subjects. Everyone writes of them in one guise or another. It is simply a question of which side one takes and what approach one follows. And the more one is conscious of one's political bias, the more chance one has of acting politically without sacrificing one's aesthetic and intellectual integrity. George Orwell
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The Left has failed to understand the extent to which its intolerant, often coercive, approach to issues that permit good-willed disagreement has turned off voters who might otherwise be sympathetic to their general program. Ian Tuttle
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Why is it that all individuals today, at least all who are socially conscious, are in one way or another tortured by social guilt? Because whatever they do is fatally false, falsified by the pressure of an utterly false society. If you live solely for individual contacts and personal service, then you betray your obligation to the suffering millions with whom you have no contact. If you live for economic or social and political action to cure the sick world, then, either you will be entirely ineffective, or else you will gain power, and so be corrupted by power; and then you will contribute to the burden of the institutionalism and mechanized tyranny that is turning all men into robots. If you withdraw from the world to purge your soul of the world’s poison, seeking a lone salvation in religious discipline and contemplation, then again you betray your immediate obligation to your fellows, even if you innocently suppose you will discover truth invaluable to a future generation. No! As I see it, do what you will, you are damned, just because you are all of a piece with a damned world, a damned species. Olaf Stapledon
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Both political parties have moved to the right during the neoliberal period. Today’s New Democrats are pretty much what used to be called “moderate Republicans.” The “political revolution” that Bernie Sanders called for, rightly, would not have greatly surprised Dwight Eisenhower.The fate of the minimum wage illustrates what has been happening. Through the periods of high and egalitarian growth in the ‘50s and ‘60s, the minimum wage–which sets a floor for other wages–tracked productivity. That ended with the onset of neoliberal doctrine. Since then, the minimum wage has stagnated (in real value). Had it continued as before, it would probably be close to $20 per hour. Today, it is considered a political revolution to raise it to $15. . Noam Chomsky
What if I've died a long time ago and come...
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What if I've died a long time ago and come here? he wondered. What if the defining characteristic of hell is that you're locked in an endless, blind battle to reform it? Karan Mahajan
To know the good from the bad, study a man...
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To know the good from the bad, study a man or woman's history of actions, not their record of intentions. Suzy Kassem
We know enough to know that all of this is...
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We know enough to know that all of this is not quite right. And we know enough to know that settling for what’s not quite right is quite wrong. Craig D. Lounsbrough
When a moral man speaks, listen. But when immoral men...
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When a moral man speaks, listen. But when immoral men speak, toss away their words like bad fruit. Truth will never shine from a heart filled with corruption and lies. Suzy Kassem
I think this business of good vs. evil is of...
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I think this business of good vs. evil is of no interest to the power hungry Bangambiki Habyarimana
If you are my food, how am I supposed to...
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If you are my food, how am I supposed to feel pity towards you? That would mean starvation for me. “A hungry leopard told a fallen, panting, imploring gazelle Bangambiki Habyarimana
The universe runs on the principle that one who can...
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The universe runs on the principle that one who can exert the most evil on other creatures runs the show. Bangambiki Habyarimana
Life is politics, you do it or it does you
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Life is politics, you do it or it does you Bangambiki Habyarimana
In politics what you see is not what you get
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In politics what you see is not what you get Bangambiki Habyarimana
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Once you are in power, never forget those who put you there. Deal with those who think they can do better than you and those who think you are god's representative on earth. Deal with each other according to his actions Bangambiki Habyarimana
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Power hungry=life loving Bangambiki Habyarimana
Politicians know it's a game of power, every politician at...
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Politicians know it's a game of power, every politician at every level, even in the common of mortals. Bangambiki Habyarimana
The Golden Mean is for the weakling, it was not...
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The Golden Mean is for the weakling, it was not meant for the likes of Alexander the Great, Cyrus, Pharaohs, or Hitlers of the world Bangambiki Habyarimana
Nothing is sweeter and addictive than power, the unlucky soul...
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Nothing is sweeter and addictive than power, the unlucky soul this demon possesses, if he is not sacrificed on its altar will sacrifice others himself to get it Bangambiki Habyarimana
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If anyone rises to power, it's not only because he could, but also because the stars were aligned in his favor. Many with apparent means to take it failed simply because they weren't destined for the honor Bangambiki Habyarimana
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Can anyone maintain power without lying? It looks to me like living without breathing. Morality apart, I think some evils are part and parcel of nature and we cannot do without them. Sometimes evil is even necessary to run this evil nature. Bangambiki Habyarimana
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It's unfortunate to be bitten by political ambition. The deadly disease causes a man to want to access power by all means either by sacrificing others to its altar or by sacrificing himself when he fails. Bangambiki Habyarimana
[Conventional wisdom] very heavily tends to reflect the preferences and...
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[Conventional wisdom] very heavily tends to reflect the preferences and the interests of the elite. Paul Krugman
There has never been a more important time to vote...
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There has never been a more important time to vote for the Green Party! Steven Magee
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Americans need to continue to develop broad-based movements that reject the established political parties and rethink the social formations necessary to bring about a radical democracy. We see this in the Black Lives Matter movement as well as in a range of other movements that are resisting corporate money in politics, the widespread destruction of the environment, nuclear war and the mass incarceration state. Henry A. Giroux
Most politicians are corrupt as they do not represent the...
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Most politicians are corrupt as they do not represent the masses that voted for them, but rather they choose to return numerous favors to the corporations that funded their election campaigns. Steven Magee
If you do not want to be lied to, then...
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If you do not want to be lied to, then you need to stop following politics. Steven Magee
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The Democratic Party would like to be re-elected so that they can continue to uphold almost no Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) whistle-blower complaints, enforce hardly any police internal affairs allegations, and corrupt corporations with lobbyists can continue operating outside of the law. Steven Magee
The Democratic Party of the USA would greatly appreciate your...
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The Democratic Party of the USA would greatly appreciate your cooperation with re-installing Mr & Mrs Pinocchio into the White House. Steven Magee
The Democrats would like you to believe that the USA...
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The Democrats would like you to believe that the USA is the 'Greatest nation on Earth'. Is this true? The Republicans answer this question by stating there is a need to 'Make America Great Again Steven Magee
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Terrorism is the use of violence or intimidation in the pursuit of a political aim. The highest political aim is the creation and enforcement of law. Cops use violence and intimidation to enforce law. Therefore, all cops are, by definition, terrorists. Dane Whalen
Political corruption works by having an equally corrupt legal system...
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Political corruption works by having an equally corrupt legal system to protect it. Steven Magee
Oppressors specialise in rasing wolves from amonst the sheep then...
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Oppressors specialise in rasing wolves from amonst the sheep then together with the wolves devour the sheep Rassool Jibraeel Snyman