American Politics Quotes - Page 9

• You can't be involved in modern American politics without somebody attacking you.

  William J. Clinton

  Modern, Attacking, Involved

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• Christians belong in American politics because there is not and cannot be a fundamental separation between our moral vocation and our citizenship.

  Alan Keyes

  Christian, Fundamentals, Moral

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• Obama is not just a powerful speaker, but a thinker engaged with the ideas of his country and his age--this argument by historian James Kloppenberg should therefore fascinate anyone interested in American politics or how ideas shape public life. Tracing the influences of Obama's family, educational, and work experiences on his ideas, Reading Obama locates a unique individual in the crosscurrents of American democracy and continuing fights over American ideals.

  Martha Minow

  Country, Powerful, Educational

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• There was never a promise that race relations in America would be entirely resolved during my presidency or anybody's presidency. I mean, this has been a running thread - and - and fault line in American life and American politics since its founding.

  Barack Obama

  Running, Mean, Race

  Interview with Jon Sopel on BBC, www.bbc.com. July 24, 2015.

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• What could be more absurd than the idea that genuine anti-Christian prejudice is a major force in American politics.

  Michael Kinsley

  Christian, Religious, Ideas

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• There have always been hucksters, cranks and populists who see a brief rise in American politics, going back to William Jennings Bryan at the turn of the century. The body politic has a way of expelling these invaders.

  Joseph Rago

  Body, Way, Crank

  "And then there were 16". "The Journal Editorial Report" with Paul Gigot, www.foxnews.com. July 25, 2015.

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• We've had periods of meanness in American politics. Actually, the dawn of partisan division in America was basically in George Washington's second term, when it was obvious that he would be the first and only consensus president.

  William J. Clinton

  America, President, Firsts

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• I'm Canadian so American politics are not really in my wheelhouse.

  Ryan Gosling

  "Ryan Gosling Interview, Ideas of March". MoviesOnline Interview, www.moviesonline.ca.

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• There is more to American politics than fat cats and their political friends. There are serious-minded liberals who fight the good fight on many issues, ecologically oriented politicians who remain true to their cause, and honest people of every political stripe who are not beholden to any wealthy people. But there are not enough of them, and they are often worn down by the constant pressure from lobbyists, lawyers and conventional politicians.

  G. William Domhoff

  Honesty, Cat, Fighting

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• The spectacle [of American politics] resembles that of swarms of insects changing from worms to wings. They must get the wings ordie. For our salvation, Mr. Wilbur Wright is providing wings. He will also have to provide a new insect to use them.

  Henry Adams

  Wings, Use, Politics

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• Donald Trump is redundant evidence that if your net worth is high enough, your IQ can be very low and you can still intrude into American politics.

  George Will

  Enough, Lows, Trump

  "This Week", ABC, May 27, 2012.

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• American politics are normally a result of pragmatic and not philosophical reasoning. No one in Washington has said we now prefer multilateralism.

  Henry A. Kissinger

  Philosophical, Results, Said

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• There are cycles in American politics. US cycles are even more pronounced because we Americans have a totally entrepreneurial presidential system. We don't have parliamentary opposition parties with a shadow prime minister and shadow cabinets. Every four years, the opposition reinvents itself.

  Charles Krauthammer

  Party, Years, Presidential

  "Obama Is Average". Interview with Klaus Brinkbäumer and Gregor-Peter Schmitz, www.spiegel.de. October 26, 2009.

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• American politics can produce great men and women, but it is profoundly insular.

  George Packer

  Men, Produce, Men And Women

  "Ask the Author Live: George Packer". The New Yorker Live Chat, www.newyorker.com. June 18, 2010.

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• There is no doubt that the issue of race is always present in American politics and in the politics of any multiracial society. There is also no doubt that for some people it is an element in the manifested hostility to Obama. But I don't think it is the major theme at all. Obama is right when he reminds people: By the way, I was black before the election.

  Al Gore

  Thinking, Issues, Race

  "'I Am Optimistic'". Interview with Philip Bethge, Gregor Peter Schmitz and Gabor Steingart, www.spiegel.de. November 02, 2009.

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• I couldn't help but be struck that this guy I had thought was the embodiment of everything wrong with American politics, a lot of his domestic policy was mind-numbingly, head-spinningly to the left of Obama's. It was under Nixon that the EPA was created. It was under Nixon that OSHA was created. Under Nixon that the Clean Air and Clean Water Acts were passed.

  Harry Shearer

  Air, Water, Guy

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• When it comes to giving tax breaks to the wealthy of this country, the President has a heart of gold.

  Tip O'Neill

  Country, Heart, Giving

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• The evil is in the White House at the present time.

  Tip O'Neill

  White, Evil, House

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• The Senate wants you to know how terribly, sincerely sorry they are even though not a single member of today's Senate was even in office the last time America saw a lynching. Some were not even born. But that's the way we prefer our apologies in American politics. We don't apologize for our own sins.

  Mona Charen

  Sorry, Apology, America

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• When I spend my time out on the campaign trail, it's usually about what I can do for somebody else. I don't like talking about myself, I don't like the whole atmosphere of how people are judged in American politics too often as to what you say instead of what you do. And so for me it's always about what can I do for you? How can I help you?

  Hillary Clinton

  Talking, People, Atmosphere

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• Jesse Ventura took American politics and raised it to the level of professional wrestling.

  Argus Hamilton

  Wrestling, Levels, Raised

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• Walter Mondale once said God has no place in American politics and it turned out that God felt the same way about Walter Mondale.

  Argus Hamilton

  Way, Said, Walter Mondale

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• It is my experience that the best way to deal with American politics is 50 milligrams of Zoloft 3 times a day.

  Will Durst

  Way, Deals, Best Way

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• The Democratic Party's rigidly pro-choice stance is one of the more unyielding positions in contemporary American politics.

  Ross Douthat

  Party, Choices, Unyielding

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• I'm completely fascinated with American politics because I think they dictate the politics of every nation of the Western world. So, it's very interesting to follow what's going on over here.

  Nikolaj Arcel

  Thinking, Interesting, World

  Source: collider.com

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