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title: "24 Political Ideas Quotes by 24 authors"
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> [The clarification of our political ideas insensibly changes into and becomes indistinguishable from the history of political ideas.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-strauss/the-clarification-of-our-political-ideas-insensibly-changes-into-and/)

[Leo Strauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leo-strauss/)

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> [If the reader looks, I think he will find plenty of moral and political ideas in my stories.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/italo-calvino/if-the-reader-looks-i-think-he-will-find-plenty-of-moral-and/)

[Italo Calvino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/italo-calvino/)

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> [What's the use, there never was a woman living who could understand political ideas.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-dos-passos/what-s-the-use-there-never-was-a-woman-living-who-could-understand/)

[John Dos Passos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-dos-passos/)

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> [There is no connection between the political ideas of our educated class and the deep places of the imagination.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lionel-trilling/there-is-no-connection-between-the-political-ideas-of-our-educated/)

[Lionel Trilling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lionel-trilling/)

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> [There were no political ideas. It was an apolitical time. It was the '50s and in the privilege of the suburbs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-ayers/there-were-no-political-ideas-it-was-an-apolitical-time-it-was-the/)

[Bill Ayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-ayers/)

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> [“Religious ideas, supposedly private matters between man and god, are in practice always political ideas.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-hitchens/religious-ideas-supposedly-private-matters-between-man-and-god-are-in/)

[Christopher Hitchens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-hitchens/)

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> [It didn't even occur to me that I could use my strong image in cinema to propagate my political ideas. To me,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vijayashanti/it-didn-t-even-occur-to-me-that-i-could-use-my-strong-image-in-cinema/)

[Vijayashanti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vijayashanti/)

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> [I make songs based around my political ideas because they're a big part of life; politics affects my life, politics affects my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/declan-mckenna/i-make-songs-based-around-my-political-ideas-because-they-re-a-big/)

[Declan McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/declan-mckenna/)

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> [This is the marketplace of political ideas. This is how America operates. It's a free market. It's free-wheeling. From the outside, it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-huntsman-jr/this-is-the-marketplace-of-political-ideas-this-is-how-america/)

[Jon Huntsman, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-huntsman-jr/)

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> [Political ideas that have dominated the public mind for decades cannot be refuted through rational arguments. They must run their course in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-von-mises/political-ideas-that-have-dominated-the-public-mind-for-decades/)

[Ludwig von Mises](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-von-mises/)

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> [Germany must be a country which generates political ideas and leadership, which is capable of compromise, which is sovereign and yet knows…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/germany-must-be-a-country-which-generates-political-ideas-and/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [Because one of the properties of music is to entertain and to, I don't mean this lightly, distract us from the things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-matthews/because-one-of-the-properties-of-music-is-to-entertain-and-to-i-don-t/)

[Dave Matthews](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-matthews/)

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> [Government and opposition both have important roles to play. While giving expression to their political ideas, both must move forward in tandem…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ram-nath-kovind/government-and-opposition-both-have-important-roles-to-play-while/)

[Ram Nath Kovind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ram-nath-kovind/)

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> [What we are against is the teaching of contested political ideas as if they are accepted facts. We don't do this with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kemi-badenoch/what-we-are-against-is-the-teaching-of-contested-political-ideas-as/)

[Kemi Badenoch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kemi-badenoch/)

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> [I hate to express political ideas directly in a book. I don't want my books to be seen as an expression of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abdellah-taia/i-hate-to-express-political-ideas-directly-in-a-book-i-don-t-want-my/)

[Abdellah Taia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abdellah-taia/)

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> [All my economic ideas as developed over twenty-five years can be summed up in the words: agricultural-industrial federation. All my political ideas…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-joseph-proudhon/all-my-economic-ideas-as-developed-over-twenty-five-years-can-be/)

[Pierre-Joseph Proudhon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-joseph-proudhon/)

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> [There is only one art, whose sole criterion is the power, the authenticity, the revelatory insight, the courage and suggestiveness with which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vaclav-havel/there-is-only-one-art-whose-sole-criterion-is-the-power-the/)

[Vaclav Havel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vaclav-havel/)

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> [ \[in 1998\] I know my political ideas affect what I write but I've tried to follow the facts wherever they land. Every… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-q-wilson/in-1998-i-know-my-political-ideas-affect-what-i-write-but-i-ve-tried/)

[James Q. Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-q-wilson/)

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> [“the ethical and political ideas of Locke, Rousseau and Jefferson. However, once the heretical scientific insights are translated into everyday technology, routine…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yuval-noah-harari/the-ethical-and-political-ideas-of-locke-rousseau-and-jefferson/)

[Yuval Noah Harari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yuval-noah-harari/)

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> [A large percentage of those living in developed societies are told what brand of soda they should drink, what cigarettes they should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fidel-castro/a-large-percentage-of-those-living-in-developed-societies-are-told/)

[Fidel Castro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fidel-castro/)

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> [ “Some of his \[Chester Bowles's\] friends thought that his entire political career reflected his background, that he truly believed in the idea… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-halberstam/some-of-his-chester-bowles-s-friends-thought-that-his-entire/)

[David Halberstam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-halberstam/)

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> [“An idea is a very powerful thing, and political ideas or religious ideas or economic ideas have always affected and often controlled…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-c-wylie/an-idea-is-a-very-powerful-thing-and-political-ideas-or-religious/)

[J.C. Wylie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-c-wylie/)

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> [A war not only arises, but derives its nature , from the political ideas, the moral sentiments, and the international relations obtaining…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ferdinand-foch/a-war-not-only-arises-but-derives-its-nature-from-the-political-ideas/)

[Ferdinand Foch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ferdinand-foch/)

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> [You cannot write about what people are really like without making a political adjudication. All our ideas of what human nature consists…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sally-rooney/you-cannot-write-about-what-people-are-really-like-without-making-a/)

[Sally Rooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sally-rooney/)

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