Politics quotes

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◆ Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.

- Mark Twain100

◆ Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did.

- Newt Gingrich100

◆ Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future.

- John F. Kennedy100

◆ If Mitt Romney wins this years election, I volunteer as tribute for the Hunger Games.

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◆ When the search for truth is confused with political advocacy, the pursuit of knowledge is reduced to the quest for power

- Alston Chase99

◆ In inner-party politics, these methods lead, as we shall yet see, to this: the party organization substitutes itself for the party, the central committee substitutes itself for the organization, and, finally, a ''dictator'' substitutes himself for the central committee.

- Leon Trotsky99

◆ The basis of my politics lies in the proposition that the Untouchables are not a sub-division or sub-section of Hindus, and that they are a separate and distinct element in the national life of India.

- B R Ambedkar99

◆ Politics without principles,Education without character,Science without humanity,and Commerce without morality are not only useless, but also positively dangerous.

- Sri Sathya Sai Baba99

◆ The Roots of Violence: Wealth without work, Pleasure without conscience, Knowledge without character, Commerce without morality, Science without humanity, Worship without sacrifice, Politics without principles.

- Mahatma Gandhi99

◆ If you want something said, ask a man...if you want something done, ask a woman.

- Margaret Thatcher99

◆ Politics is supposed to be the second-oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.

- Ronald Reagan99

◆ A politician is a fellow who will lay down your life for his country.

- Texas Guinan99

◆ The word 'politics' is derived from the word 'poly', meaning 'many', and the word 'ticks', meaning 'blood sucking parasites'.

- Larry Hardiman99

◆ Everything is changing. People are taking the comedians seriously and the politicians as a joke.

- Will Rogers99

◆ You can lead a man to Congress, but you can't make him think.

- Milton Berle99