Famous Quotes: Politics

I think women are excellent social critics.
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I was the first woman ever named Entertainer of the Year in country music.
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My brother Bob doesn't want to be in government - he promised Dad he'd go straight.
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Apparently, a democracy is a place where numerous elections are held at great cost without issues and with interchangeable candidates.
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So the major obstacle to the development of new supplies is not geology but what happens above ground: international affairs, politics, investment and technology.
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I am sure that no man can derive more pleasure from money or power than I do from seeing a pair of basketball goals in some out of the way place.
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To my great disappointment, it appears that the politics of division are making a big comeback. Many Americans share my disappointment - especially those who were filled with great hope a few years ago, when then-Senator Obama announced his candidacy in Springfield, Illinois.
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Society in every state is a blessing, but government, even in its best stage, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one.
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I became much happier when I realized I shouldn't depend solely on my career for my sense of self. So I developed other interests and surrounded myself with a small group of friends I could trust.
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In our system leadership is by consent, not command. To lead a President must persuade. Personal contacts and experiences help shape his thinking. They can be critical to his persuasiveness and thus to his leadership.
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Whenever men take the law into their own hands, the loser is the law. And when the law loses, freedom languishes.
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The intellectual architecture means focusing on doing great work instead of focusing on agency politics.
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Religion flourishes in greater purity, without than with the aid of Government.
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Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans - born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace.
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I'm always suspicious of really beautiful women telling us we shouldn't be worried about beauty.
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I have sung for Americans of every political persuasion, and I am proud that I never refuse to sing to an audience, no matter what religion or color of their skin, or situation in life.
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Well, we don't take money from people and then show the product. It has to be a product that we like anyway, and that's true for all five of us, which is one of the really nice things about the way we make the show.
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When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.
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If I could have one prayer answered, I would pray for patience. I move so fast sometimes. I try to slow down.
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I didn't want to come up with some generic Johnny Bravo type name. I'm not that cool, so I might as well stick with my birth name.
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