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"Good leaders organize and align people around what the team needs to do. Great leaders motivate and inspire people with why they're doing it. That's philosophy."
"The only way to deal with a bureaucratic system is to make it even more bureaucratic."
"Politics is not a game. It is an earnest business."
"The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all."
"In the end, politics is about improving people's lives. We cannot escape from politics."
"It's not the voting that's democracy, it's the counting."
"Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers."
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"Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. It is the spirit of the men who follow and of the man who leads that gains the victory."
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it."
"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter."
"To be persuasive, we must be believable; to be believable, we must be credible; to be credible, we must be truthful."
"Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek."
"Democracy is the best revenge."
"To me, consensus seems to be the process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values and policies. So it is something in which no one believes and to which no one objects."
"I know that my unity with all people cannot be destroyed by national boundaries and government orders."
"Politics, as a practice, whatever its professions, has always been the systematic organization of hatreds."
"You don't have to be a world leader or a billionaire to make a difference. Every person can contribute to making the world a better place."
"The only way to deal with bureaucrats is with stealth and sudden violence."
"In politics, absurdity is not a handicap."
"I have learned that only two things are necessary to keep one's wife happy. First, let her think she's having her own way. And second, let her have it."
"Democracy is the art of running the circus from the monkey cage."
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"Government is the great fiction through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else."
"The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything."
"A politician thinks of the next election; a statesman of the next generation."
"It takes a village to raise a child. It takes a village to abuse one."
"The American fascist would prefer not to use violence. His method is to poison the channels of public information."
"The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia."
"Racism is a birth defect in the DNA of politics. It is a congenital pain without diagnosis or cure."
"I'm a political activist. I'm about change, I'm about evolution, I'm about revolution. And as long as I have a voice, I will always use that voice for humanity."
"In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years."
"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."
"Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country."
"Change is never easy, but always possible."
"If you want total security, go to prison. There you're fed, clothed, given medical care, and so on. The only thing lacking... is freedom."
"The best way to predict the future is to create it."
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"It's a recession when your neighbor loses his job; it's a depression when you lose yours."
"Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people."
"Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind."
"Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail."
"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."
"A government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth."
"The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today."
"In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity."
"It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit."
"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy."
"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment."
"A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new."
"The only way to do great work is to love what you do."
"The only sure bulwark of continuing liberty is a government strong enough to protect the interests of the people, and a people strong enough and well enough informed to maintain its sovereign control over the government."
"You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom."
"A statesman is he who thinks in the future generations, and a politician is he who thinks in the upcoming elections."
"It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried."
"We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office."
"If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman."
"The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help."
"The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class are to represent and repress them."
"There are no permanent friends, no permanent enemies, only permanent interests."
"The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men."
"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power."
"Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't."
"The duty of youth is to challenge corruption."
"The word 'politics' is derived from the word 'poly', meaning 'many', and the word 'ticks', meaning 'blood sucking parasites'."
"Bad politicians are sent to Washington by good people who don't vote."
"In politics, the truth is less important than what people believe."
"The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about."
"Whenever a fellow tells me he's bipartisan, I know he's going to vote against me."
"Behind every successful politician is an astonished woman."
"The problem with political jokes is they get elected."
"In politics, there is no permanent enemy or friend, only permanent interests."
"A politician thinks of the next election. A statesman, of the next generation."
"Politics have no relation to morals."
"The only thing we learn from history is that we don't learn from history."
"A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have."
"You can do anything with bayonets except sit on them."
"Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber."
"Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others."
"You campaign in poetry. You govern in prose."
"In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way."
"The ballot is stronger than the bullet."
"Politics is the art of the possible, the attainable — the art of the next best."
"The only way to deal with politicians is to make sure you are the one who has the upper hand."
"In politics, stupidity is not a handicap."
"Behind every great fortune, there is a crime."
"The most persistent sound which reverberates through men’s history is the beating of war drums."
"It's better to be a pirate than to join the Navy."
"The only sure way to avoid making mistakes is to have no new ideas."
"One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors."
"Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed."
"I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure."
"Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river."
"Power is not a means; it is an end."
"The only real security that a man can have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability."
"The price of greatness is responsibility."
"It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong."
"The enemy of my enemy is my friend."
"The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter."
"In politics, business, or any competitive environment, you need the flexibility to change your approach as you learn more."
"Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedies."
"Politics is the art of the possible."
"Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary."
"Politics is the entertainment division of the military-industrial complex."
"Politics is a game for men without character."
"Politics is who gets what, when, and how."
"Politics is the conduct of public affairs for private advantage."
"Politics is the last resort of the thick-skinned."
"Politics is supposed to be the second-oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first."
"Practical politics consists in ignoring facts."
"I have always said that politics is the second-oldest profession and I am beginning to suspect it bears a very close resemblance to the first."
"Elections belong to the people. It's their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they will just have to sit on their blisters."
"Politics is the art of preventing people from taking part in affairs which properly concern them."
"Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote."
"The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government, is to live under the government of worse men."
"Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it."
"When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it--always."
"The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any."
"Never believe anything until it has been officially denied."
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