#cs

Athletics is a luxury. ↗

— Roger Bannister

#luxury

But I'm not interested in politics. I lose interest the microsecond it ceases to be emotional, when something becomes a political movement. What I'm interested in is emotions. ↗

— Bjork

#ceases #emotional #emotions #i #interest

When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President; I'm beginning to believe it. ↗

— Clarence Darrow

#anybody #become #beginning #believe #boy

I think that what went wrong with religion is the same thing that went wrong with politics. Is that it became too money based and too controlling. It's just a weakness that we human beings have for control - we want one thing and then we want more and then we want more. ↗

— Dave Davies

#became #beings #control #controlling #human

Their very conservatism is secondhand, and they don't know what they are conserving. ↗

— Robertson Davies

#conservatism #conserving #know #secondhand #their

There are lies, damned lies and statistics. ↗

— Mark Twain

#lies #statistics

There are many men of principle in both parties in America, but there is no party of principle. ↗

— Alexis de Tocqueville

#america #both #many #men #parties

In politics shared hatreds are almost always the basis of friendships. ↗

— Alexis de Tocqueville

#always #basis #friendships #hatreds #politics

With respect to Barack Obama, let's face it; Barack Obama is an iconic figure in the African-American community. We respect that. We understand that. African-Americans are going to vote for the first black president, especially when he happens to share the liberal politics on economic issues that many in that community hold. ↗

— Artur Davis

#african-american community #barack #barack obama #black #community

Politics ruins the character. ↗

— Otto von Bismarck

#politics #ruins