954 private quotes tagged politics

“Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks.” — Doug Larson

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“The central conservative truth is that it is culture, not politics, that determines the success of a society. The central liberal truth is that politics can change a culture and save it from itself.” — Daniel Patrick Moynihan

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“No real social change has ever been brought about without a revolution... revolution is but thought carried into action.” — Emma Goldman

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“The first resistance to social change is to say it's not necessary.” — Gloria Steinem

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“Many individuals are doing what they can. But real success can only come if there is a change in our societies and in our economics and in our politics.” — David Attenborough

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“Politics is repetition. It is not change. Change is something beyond what we call politics. Change is the essence politics is supposed to be the means to bring into being.” — Kate Millett

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“I didn't come into politics to change the Labour Party. I came into politics to change the country.” — Tony Blair

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“Music and politics are in essence about communication. Without over-stretching the analogy I do feel a sense of rhythm is important in getting your message across.” — Charles Kennedy

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“Remember the first time you went to a show and saw your favorite band. You wore their shirt, and sang every word. You didn't know anything about scene politics, haircuts, or what was cool. All you knew was that this music made you feel different from anyone you shared a locker with. Someone finally understood you. This is what music is about.” — Gerard Way

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“Acknowledging class was always difficult for 'New Democrats' - it was second-wave, it was divisive - but 2008 made retro politics cool again.” — Thomas Frank

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“Growing up, politics never trickled down to the areas we come from. But people from Obama's camp, and Obama himself, reached out to me and asked for my help on the campaign. We've sat and had dinner, and we've spoken on the phone. He's a very sharp guy. Very charming. Very cool.” — Jay-Z

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“I came back from university thinking I knew all about politics and racism, not knowing my dad had been one of the youngest-serving Labour councillors in the town and had refused to work in South Africa years ago because of the situation there. And he's never mentioned it - you just find out. That's a real man to me. A sleeping lion.” — Johnny Vegas

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“I didn't know my Dad - he moved out early. And my mom's politics were kind of hardscrabble. She didn't think about Democrats or Republicans. She thought about who made sense. I've been both in my life.” — Dennis Miller

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“People who build family businesses are not classically trained. They have to deal with an enormous amount of politics. You think corporate politics are tough? Go work for your dad or your mom.” — Gary Vaynerchuk

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“Politicians... talk in generalities and lies, and I think they've caused all our grief. They're so awful, they're really funny. I hate thinking this because my dad loved politics.” — Paul Lynde

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“When applied to politics and taken to its extreme, kitsch is the mask of death. Fascism was all aesthetics. There was no core principle to it. There was no truth to it.” — John Cusack

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“I'm not into politics but I am committed to a cause: ensuring design technology and engineering stays on the U.K. curriculum, alongside science and maths - grounding abstract theory, merging the practical with the academic.” — James Dyson

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“Our politics are our deepest form of expression: they mirror our past experiences and reflect our dreams and aspirations for the future.” — Paul Wellstone

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“At the bottom of education, at the bottom of politics, even at the bottom of religion, there must be for our race economic independence.” — Booker T. Washington

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“Establishing lasting peace is the work of education all politics can do is keep us out of war.” — Maria Montessori

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“The world we build tomorrow is born in the stories we tell our children today. Politics moves the pieces. Education changes the game.” — Jonathan Sacks

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“One of the things that's great about New York is that it is not a one-industry town. It has education, academia, the service industry, arts, publishing, theater, politics, fashion, finance, as well as movie-making.” — Sarah Jessica Parker

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“Politics should share one purpose with religion: the steady emancipation of the individual through the education of his passions.” — George Will

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“Politics is the only field in which the more experience you have, the worse you get.” — Kinky Friedman

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“I have never found, in a long experience of politics, that criticism is ever inhibited by ignorance.” — Harold MacMillan

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