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You will find in politics that you are much exposed to the attribution of false motive. Never complain and never explain. — Stanley Baldwin
I suspect that many of the great cultural shifts that prepare the way for political change are largely aesthetic. A Buick radiator grille is as… — J. G. Ballard
Society is like a stew. If you don't stir it up every once in a while then a layer of scum floats to the top. — Edward Abbey
Power is action; the electoral principle is discussion. No political action is possible when discussion is permanently established. — Honore de Balzac
Political liberty, the peace of a nation, and science itself are gifts for which Fate demands a heavy tax in blood! — Honore de Balzac
November is Hip-Hop History Month, where we give celebration to what hip hop has done to bring together people of the world, people of all… — Afrika Bambaataa
Television could perform a great service in mass education, but there's no indication its sponsors have anything like this on their minds. — Tallulah Bankhead
Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job. — Douglas Adams
Our 'neoconservatives' are neither new nor conservative, but old as Bablyon and evil as Hell. — Edward Abbey
Elections are won by men and women chiefly because most people vote against somebody rather than for somebody. — Franklin P. Adams
The trouble with this country is that there are too many politicians who believe, with a conviction based on experience, that you can fool all… — Franklin P. Adams
Bond is the longest-running franchise ever and there's a reason for that: they are action movies but they are also touched by current events without… — Javier Bardem
No matter whether it's someone from the political left or right, we just need a voice to stand up and defend animal rights. — Brigitte Bardot
Anti-Semitism has no historical, political and certainly no philosophical origins. Anti-Semitism is a disease. — Daniel Barenboim
Practical politics consists in ignoring facts. — Henry Adams
It is always good men who do the most harm in the world. — Henry Adams
Knowledge of human nature is the beginning and end of political education. — Henry Adams
No man means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous. — Henry Adams
No man, however strong, can serve ten years as schoolmaster, priest, or Senator, and remain fit for anything else. — Henry Adams
Power is poison. Its effect on Presidents had always been tragic. — Henry Adams
The progress of evolution from President Washington to President Grant was alone evidence to upset Darwin. — Henry Adams
Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts… — John Adams
I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. — John Adams
Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide. — John Adams
Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society. — John Adams

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