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The growth of property and the desire for its transmission to children was, in reality, the moving power which brought in monogamy to insure legitimate heirs, and to limit their number to the actual progeny of the married pair.
Lewis Henry Morgan
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Politicians tend to live in character and many a public figure has come to imitate the journalism that describes him.
Walter Lippmann
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Commencement oratory must eschew anything that smacks of partisan politics, political preference, sex, religion or unduly firm opinion. Nonetheless, there must be a speech: Speeches in our culture are the vacuum that fills a vacuum.
John Kenneth Galbraith
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Every man who repeats the dogma of Mill that one country is no fit to rule another country must admit that one class is not fit to rule another class.
B. R. Ambedkar
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Power is a central issue in social and personal transformation. Our sources and uses of power set our boundaries, give form to our relationships, even determine how much we let ourselves liberate and express aspects of the self. More than party registration, more than our purported philosophy or ideology, personal power defines our politics.
Marilyn Ferguson
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There's plenty of room for humor in politics, God knows, but it's a serious business.
Al Franken
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There is not a single crowned head in Europe whose talents or merit would entitle him to be elected a vestryman by the people of any parish in America.
Thomas Jefferson
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We defend and we build a way of life, not for America alone, but for all mankind.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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If we disagree and I think I'm right, I just go ahead and do what I think is right. And then she tells me, 'I told you so.'
William J. Clinton
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Mixing humor and politics is something that works.
Bryan Cranston
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Politics has become very unpredictable, making things so very difficult for individuals and also for companies.
Nicholas Bloom
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If you have a deep-seated need to be loved and admired every day, you shouldn't be in politics. You should go work at a pet store.
Michael Nutter
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Politics are not unlike war. Sometimes it is necessary to shoot from the hip.
Jesse H. Jones
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So many people say, ‘You know, your taxes aren’t taken by force,’ and that’s foolish. If you don’t pay your taxes and you don’t answer the warrant and you don’t go to court, eventually someone will pull a gun. Eventually someone with a gun will show up.
Penn Jillette
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Some of the jam we thought was for tomorrow, we've already eaten
Tony Benn
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The wise use of leisure, it must be conceded, is a product of civilization and education.
Bertrand Russell
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I loved politics and, I confess, I enjoyed politicians immensely.
Jack Germond
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All politics takes place on a slippery slope. The most important four words in politics are up to a point.
George Will
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Maybe we should raise our voices, ask somebody why. But demonstrations are a drag, besides we're much too high.
Phil Ochs
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Elections in L.A. are so different. Here you've got politicians with phony smiles making false promises to voters with fake boobs and bad toupees.
Jay Leno
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The first duty of a man is to think for himself
Jose Marti
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Because of my politics, people think I'm anti-American. But I was quite the reverse. What I don't like about the United States is when the government acts like an old, imperial 18th- or 19th-century European power.
Robert Wyatt
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The most basic decision a modern politician must make is whether to be aggressive or conciliatory.
Dick Morris
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The uniformity and obedience of the media, which any dictator would admire...
Noam Chomsky
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