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Characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner. ↗

— Aristophanes

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It's clear to me now that we've got to reach out to the Arab Sunni community in particular in an effort to cause some moderate political activity to take place so they join the future of Iraq. ↗

— John Abizaid

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So, these political activities will create friction in and of themselves, and in this environment of friction there'll be additional violence. ↗

— John Abizaid

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Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. ↗

— Lord Acton

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The science of politics is the one science that is deposited by the streams of history, like the grains of gold in the sand of a river; and the knowledge of the past, the record of truths revealed by experience, is eminently practical, as an instrument of action and a power that goes to making the future. ↗

— Lord Acton

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Perhaps a hundred people assembled one evening, May 15, 1876, at the time when the country was celebrating the hundredth anniversary of its political independence. ↗

— Felix Adler

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Reporters thrive on the world's misfortune. For this reason they often take an indecent pleasure in events that dismay the rest of humanity. ↗

— Russell Baker

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If you look at U.S. history through religious history, there is very much a motif that shows the importance religion has played in the U.S. We're a very religious country and it affects the way we look at various political issues. ↗

— Madeleine Albright

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I think that white women are more apt to read laterally. So I think there's some strong identification for women, and their political and social positions, and minorities. I think that the political power of, let's say, the average Indian man and a white woman are pretty equal. ↗

— Sherman Alexie

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The secret of getting things done is to act! ↗

— Dante Alighieri

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