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> [Politics ought to be fun. It shouldn't be just boring meetings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-hightower/politics-ought-to-be-fun-it-shouldn-t-be-just-boring-meetings/)

[Jim Hightower](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-hightower/)

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> [Politics ought to be the part-time profession of every citizen who would protect the rights and privileges of free people and who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dwight-d-eisenhower/politics-ought-to-be-the-part-time-profession-of-every-citizen-who/)

[Dwight D. Eisenhower](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dwight-d-eisenhower/)

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> [Politics ought to be adjusted not to human reasonings but to human nature, of which reason is but a part and by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edmund-burke/politics-ought-to-be-adjusted-not-to-human-reasonings-but-to-human/)

[Edmund Burke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edmund-burke/)

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> [Here we are the way politics ought to be in America; the politics of happiness, the politics of purpose and the politics…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hubert-h-humphrey/here-we-are-the-way-politics-ought-to-be-in-america-the-politics-of/)

[Hubert H. Humphrey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hubert-h-humphrey/)

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> [You bet being funny helps accomplish things. I've always maintained that people don't realize how many brain cells it takes to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-richards/you-bet-being-funny-helps-accomplish-things-i-ve-always-maintained/)

[Ann Richards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-richards/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b4/ann-richards-9674_accomplish_you-bet-being-funny-helps-accomplish-thi_2000896.png)

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