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One of the reasons people hate politics is that truth is rarely a politician's objective. Election and power are.

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Cal Thomas
Age: 81
Born: 1942
Born: December 2
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America's most dangerous diseases have developed an immunity to politics. We suffer not from a failure of political organization or power, but a failure of love.
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No power on earth is greater than a mind and soul reawakened. Our Constitution begins we the people, not us the government.
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As with most things governmental, failure does not mean having to try something else. It means spending more money.
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