#politics

We've switched from a culture that was interested in manufacturing, economics, politics - trying to play a serious part in the world - to a culture that's really entertainment-based. ↗

— Stephen King

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Abortion politics have distracted all sides from what is really essential: a major aid campaign to improve midwifery, prenatal care and emergency obstetric services in poor countries. ↗

— Nicholas D. Kristof

#aid #campaign #care #countries #distracted

You know, I started my career in politics in 1967. I'm not new to this. I did not just fall off the Christmas tree. I understand the world is complex. I know that there are people out there who want to hurt other people. ↗

— Dennis Kucinich

#christmas #christmas tree #complex #did #fall

A conservative is one who admires radicals centuries after they're dead. ↗

— Leo Rosten

#admires #after #centuries #conservative #dead

And yet, there are still people in American politics who, for some reason, cling to this belief that America is better off adopting the economic policies of nations whose people who immigrate here from there. ↗

— Marco Rubio

#america #american #american politics #belief #better

Oh, that lovely title, ex-president. ↗

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

#lovely #oh #title

If it weren't the problem of politics for me, it would be another. And yet, sometimes it's so difficult. And I feel sorry for myself. And then hate myself for this feeling of self-pity. ↗

— Julie Nixon Eisenhower

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I still love following and thinking about politics. I enjoy recommending important journalism I read or see from other sources. ↗

— Dan Rather

#enjoy #following #i #important #journalism

Mediocrity in politics is not to be despised. Greatness is not needed. ↗

— Hans Magnus Enzensberger

#greatness #mediocrity #needed #politics

Politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians. ↗

— Charles de Gaulle

#left #matter #politicians #serious #too