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title: "5 Went Political Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [My father was a professor of political science and also a young politician fighting for democracy in Kenya, and when things got…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lupita-nyong-o/my-father-was-a-professor-of-political-science-and-also-a-young/)

[Lupita Nyong'o](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lupita-nyong-o/)

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> [Why, to hear Betsy Bobbet talk about wimmin's throwin' their modesty away, you would think if they ever went to the political…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marietta-holley/why-to-hear-betsy-bobbet-talk-about-wimmin-s-throwin-their-modesty/)

[Marietta Holley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marietta-holley/)

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> [I went through a political shift when I was nineteen or twenty. I felt a certain way, and after the shift, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thile/i-went-through-a-political-shift-when-i-was-nineteen-or-twenty-i-felt/)

[Chris Thile](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-thile/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5f/chris-thile-4170_faith_i-went-through-a-political-shift-when-i_1643552.png)

> [I just went along with political activists and interested in other intellectual interests which I pursued kind of at random. I never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/i-just-went-along-with-political-activists-and-interested-in-other/)

[Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e5d/noam-chomsky-42_activist_i-just-went-along-with-political-activis_2303470.jpg)

> [My father was a professor of political science and also a young politician fighting for democracy in Kenya, and when things got…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lupita-nyong-o/my-father-was-a-professor-of-political-science-and-also-a-young-2/)

[Lupita Nyong'o](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lupita-nyong-o/)

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