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The wise become as the unwise in the enchanted chambers of Power, whose lamps make every face the same colour.
Barbara Jordan is one [of the political heroes]. Her 1976 speech in New York inspired me to get into politics.
I never forget that I live in a house owned by all the American people and that I have been given their trust.
Anti-Semitism has no historical, political and certainly no philosophical origins. Anti-Semitism is a disease.
Our flag is not just one of many political points of view. Rather, the flag is a symbol of our national unity.
If there is one eternal truth of politics, it is that there are always a dozen good reasons for doing nothing.
The World Development Movement, to take just one example, is doing good work. Some political parties are, too.
Irrespective of any political party, I am a supporter of good people who want to do something for the society.
You know, I really do have some morals. I do actually care about people. And I do have a political standpoint.
There were no political ideas. It was an apolitical time. It was the '50s and in the privilege of the suburbs.
One of the first essentials is a policy of unreserved political cooperation with all the nations of the world.
Knowledge is not a guarantee of good political behavior, but ignorance is a virtual guarantee of bad behavior.
I wanted to have a political career. I thought studying political science would be the best way to achieve it.
When these political action committees give money, they expect something in return other than good government.
If you're not a liberal at twenty you have no heart, if you're not a conservative at forty, you have no brain.
The political is not compatible with the artistic, because the former, in order to prove, has to be one-sided.
Political parties don't work when people just announce what they are doing and expect everyone else to follow.
Idealism is like a castle in the air if it is not based on a solid foundation of social and political realism.
Religion and morality are critical to how students think about politics and form opinions on political issues.
A democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax can escape the obligation to pay it.
We shall together open the doors of good politics and will work without indulging in political untouchability.
The hardest thing about any political campaign is how to win without proving that you are unworthy of winning.
You can't use tact with a Congressman! A Congressman is a hog! You must take a stick and hit him on the snout!
Congress voted for tougher laws on corporations. So now when a corporation buys a senator, they need a receipt.
I think political correctness really does help us when it serves us but it doesn't help us when it silences us.
Certainly there are various trans-Islamic political movements, which try to appeal to Muslims in all societies.
America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards.
I don't remember debates. I don't think we spent a lot of time debating it. Maybe we did, but I don't remember.
I don't want anybody to accuse me of taking advantage of the situation to pursue a particular political agenda.
Separation of church and state cannot mean an absolute separation between moral principles and political power.
[Tyler Perry] has the luxury of not doing the political stuff, which is really where I want to be as a company.
To run an effective political party you need a degree of tribalism, it's the glue that holds everyone together.
Italian politicians are stupid and expensive, that's why they should be fired, abolished, or better eliminated.
The true measure of a city is its soul. This is the restless energy that doesn't wait for political leadership.
A politician's words reveal less about what he thinks about his subject than what he thinks about his audience.
Any union that can't accept workers choosing their own representatives through universal franchise is finished.
If the business community and political elite want to go to war they find it easy to mobilize domestic consent.
I majored in political science, and my concentration was U.S. involvement in Latin America in the 20th century.
I'm pretty opinionated sometimes although my political views change all the time, too. So I'm not very zealous.
When we blindly adopt a religion, a political system, a literary dogma, we become automatons. We cease to grow.
Stand up, speak out, and be bold. Screw political correctness. Never let them tell you to sit down and shut up.
Pose a political threat to Business As Usual, and sooner or later, mostly sooner, someone will try to kill you.
Any story you write about war, or film you make about war, is bound to be political whether you like it or not.
Eugenics is ... the most adequate and thorough avenue to the solution of racial, political and social problems.
I do not admire politicians; but when they are excellent in their way, one cannot help allowing them their due.
It doesn't matter where we begin the personal/political circle, but it matters desperately that we complete it.
Football strategy does not originate in a scrimmage: it is useless to expect solutions in a political campaign.
Some of mankind's most terrible misdeeds have been committed under the spell of certain magic words or phrases.
The American system of political spending is so unregulated that it might make Adam Smith rethink free markets.
But I made him the Deputy Secretary for Homeland Security because that added an element of political espionage.