Politics, and the fate of mankind, are shaped by men without ideals and without greatness. - Albert Camus
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The idea that you can merchandise candidates for high office like breakfast cereal - that you can gather votes like box tops - is... The ultimate indignity to the democratic process. - Adlai Stevenson, speech, Democratic National Convention, 18 August 1956
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The qualities that get a man into power are not those that lead him, once established, to use power wisely. - Lyman Bryson
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A question which can be answered without prejudice to the government is not a fit question to ask. - John G. Diefenbaker
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He didn't say that. He was reading what was given to him in a speech. - Richard Darman, director of the Office of Management and Budget, explaining why President Bush wasn't following up on his campaign pledge that there would be no loss of wetlands
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When the political columnists say 'Every thinking man' they mean themselves, and when candidates appeal to 'Every intelligent voter' they mean everybody who is going to vote for them. - Franklin P. Adams
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Take our politicians: they're a bunch of yo-yos. The presidency is now a cross between a popularity contest and a high school debate, with an encyclopedia of cliches the first prize. - Saul Bellow
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There is no excitement anywhere in the world, short of war, to match the excitement of the American presidential campaign. - Theodore White
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Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
Finding it whether it exists or not,
Diagnosing it incorrectly,
And applying the wrong remedy.
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The politicians were talking themselves red, white and blue in the face. - Clare Boothe Luce
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Government is like a baby.
An alimentary canal with
A big appetite at one end
And no sense of responsibility at the other.
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The more you read and
Observe about this Politics thing,
You got to admit that each party
Is worse than the other.
The one thats out always looks the best.
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Politics is not a bad profession.
If you succeed there are many
Rewards, if you disgrace yourself
You can always write a book. - Ronald Reagan
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The fact that a reactionary can sometimes be right is a little less recognized that the fact that a liberal can be. - Joseph Gies
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If the World Series runs until election day, the networks will run the first one-half inning and project the winner. - Lindsey Nelson
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