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- Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage. — Ambrose Bierce
- We must express the view, based on our empirical observations, that a substantial number of journalists are ignorant, lazy, opinionated, and intellectually… — Conrad Black
- The public affairs of the union are spread throughout a very extensive region, and are extremely diversified by the local affairs connected… — James Madison
- Hence as a private man has a right to say what wages he will give in his private affairs, so has a… — Samuel Adams
- Involvement in public affairs is a legitimate use of celebrity — Ron Silver
- We Greeks believe that a man who takes no part in public affairs is not merely lazy, but good for nothing — Thucydides
- In public affairs, stupidity is more dangerous than knavery, because it is harder to fight. — Woodrow Wilson
- The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men. — Plato
- This is a great country and requires a good deal of all of us, so I can imagine nothing more important than… — John F. Kennedy
- It is difficult to attack me directly on religion because I never speak of it. Formally I am a strict observer of… — Etienne Francois, duc de Choiseul
- Control of thought is more important for governments that are free and popular than for despotic and military states. The logic is… — Noam Chomsky
- And with a practice of writing comes a certain important integrity. A culture filled with bloggers thinks differently about politics or public… — Lawrence Lessig