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“In a general way, if one cannot attribute to the Jew the whole responsibility of the situation, economic, political, and social, by which Algeria is being strangled, it is no exaggeration to recognize him as morally guilty, for the great part of his rìle here, still more than elsewhere, has consisted in corrupting, degrading, and disintegrating.”

Ifs Way Stills Whole Political Social Responsibility Situation Economic Jew Guilty Attributes Elsewhere Exaggeration Degrading Algeria

Author:Chuck Hagel

“The political system of the United States is essentially extra-European. To stand in firm and cautious independence of all entanglement in the European system has been a cardinal point of their policy under every administration of their government from the peace of 1783 to this day...Every year's experience rivets it more deeply in the principles and opinions of the nation.”

Source: Writings of John Quincey Adams

“The Jews might have had Uganda, Madagascar, and other places for the establishment of a Jewish Fatherland, but they wanted absolutely nothing except Palestine, not because the Dead Sea water by evaporation can produce five trillion dollars of metaloids and powdered metals; not because the sub-soil of Palestine contains twenty times more petroleum than all the combined reserves of the two Americas; but because Palestine is the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa, because Palestine constitutes the veritable center of world political power, the strategic center for world control.”

“I've never been a member of a political party, but people will superimpose on you what they want.”

People Want Political Party Members Political Parties

Author:Brian Lamb

“I'm very much a believer that it's action that matters much more so than, you know, the flurry of political promises and statements and slogans that are used during political campaigns.”

Knows Matter Action Political Used Promise Believer Campaigns Statements Slogans Political Campaign Political Promises

Author:Christine Lagarde

“I think America is going to have to think through whether it wants to uplift the political dialogue or advance an approach that divides and, frankly, can lead to violence.”

Thinking Want America Political Violence Approach Dialogue Uplifting Divides Political Dialogue

Author:Jim Leach

“My favourite author is Leon Trotsky - the political philosophy and the way he writes is beautiful, and really relevant, too.”

Way Writing Philosophy Beautiful Political Relevant Favourite Political Philosophy Leon Trotsky

Author:Andrej Pejic

“Every single dollar spent lobbying a legislator on behalf of oil and gas is a toxic dollar that undermines public health and safety laws that protect Americans. That's contamination of the political system.”

Law Political Protect Safety Dollars Oil Gas Toxic Behalf Political Systems Legislators Public Health Lobbying Oil And Gas Contamination Health And Safety

Author:Josh Fox

“The Tea Party has imparted political energy to common-sense American constitutionalism.”

Political Energy Party Common Common Sense Tea Tea Party Constitutionalism

Author:Nancy Pearcey

“America is a knowledge-based society, where information counts as much as material resources. Therefore those with the power to define what qualifies as knowledge - to determine what are the accepted facts - wield the greatest social and political power.”

Facts America Political Social Information Materials Resources Determine Accepted Political Power

Author:Nancy Pearcey

“I think my message goes out to the entire spectrum of political parties. I'm supported by the Tea Party, the Conservative Party and the Republican Party. I come from a Democratic world. My world is moderate Democrats, Reagan-type Democrats if you want, the blues or whatever you call them, the Blue Dogs. That's been my world, historically.”

“My career divides in two: before and after 9/11. In the first part I was trying to show that Islam is relevant to political concerns. If you want to understand Muslims, I argued, you need to understand the role of Islam in their lives. Now that seems obvious.”

Ifs Want Needs Trying Firsts Two Shows Seems Political Careers Roles Concern Islam Obvious Divides Relevant Before And After

Author:Daniel Pipes

“I will not ever run for political office, I can assure you of that.”

I Can Running Political Office

Author:David Petraeus

“The American people know the economy is too weak. Too many of them are suffering. So the question for Washington is, are we going to continue to play political games and - and - or are we going to say, we can do something right now to create jobs, to put money in the pockets of the middle-class, hire construction workers, teachers, veterans?”

“I am struck by the fact that personal faith and political agendas are intertwined more closely now than at any other time in recent history.”

Facts Political Agendas Intertwined Political Agendas

Author:David Price

“If Greece had gone through a very normal political life, I may have not been in politics. But just the fact that I lived through huge upheavals and very difficult struggles and polarization and the barbarism of dictatorships - that made me feel that we had to change this country.”

Ifs Feels May Made Country Facts Political Difficult Struggle Gone Huge Normal Dictatorship Greece Barbarism Political Life Upheaval Polarization

Author:George Papandreou

“Most people who came here came for economic reasons or sometimes for religious or political reasons. I didn't have any of this. I came here, I liked it, I stayed. So I'm a pure American - even more than people who are born here - because I did it by choice as an adult.”

People Sometimes Reason Political Choices Born Religious Economic Pure Adults

Author:Jacques Pepin

“I think that people have to have to have a sense of what ideas are one the progressive side, the Democratic side in order ultimately to be effective in the political world.”

People Thinking World Ideas Political Order Sides Democratic Progressive

Author:John Podesta

“If you ask the people who are professional political analysts, they would say that the way redistricting has worked, that the Republicans have something of a lock on the House until a redistricting occurs after 2010, particularly as a result of what DeLay did in Texas.”

People Ifs Way Political Asks House Results Republican Texas Locks Delay Analysts Redistricting

Author:John Podesta

“So I think it's important to communicate with the people in terms of what the real facts are on these proposals and try to have a discussion and a dialogue that gives people information. I think they're hungry for that rather than just political rhetoric.”

People Thinking Giving Trying Important Real Facts Political Term Information Communicate Hungry Dialogue Discussion Rhetoric Proposal Political Rhetoric

Author:John Podesta

“In the spring and summer of 1989, a serious political disturbance took place in China.”

Political Serious Summer Spring China Disturbance

Author:Li Peng

“It's long past time we started focusing on the solutions that actually keep women healthy, instead of using basic aspects of women's health as a tool of cultural, moral, and political control.”

Long Past Political Moral Healthy Solutions Aspect Tools Women's Health

Author:Martha Plimpton

“Beginning with the stimulus, Obama has repeatedly inserted the government into the free market for political reasons - and with disastrous results.”

Reason Government Political Results Free Market Stimulus

Author:Reince Priebus

“Candidate Obama was either exceptionally naive or willfully disingenuous when he vowed to change the way Washington works. The very promise of Hope and Change was rooted in uprooting the Washington modus operandi. But instead of rejecting it, he embraced it all - the secrecy, the closed doors, the political favors, the near-criminal negligence.”

Way Political Doors Promise Criminals Favors Candidates Rooted Naive Secrecy Rejecting Closed Doors Negligence Disingenuous Hope And Change Modus Operandi Uprooting

Author:Reince Priebus

“Time Rolls On' is my most political piece so far. It's not on my album because people didn't support it.”

People Political Support Pieces Albums

Author:Sean Paul

“Marriage is no substitute for political experience.”

Political Substitutes

Author:Sharad Pawar

“Group personification obscures, rather than illuminates, important political questions.”

Important Political Groups Personification

Book:Realizing Freedom: Libertarian Theory, History, and Practice

Source: Realizing Freedom: Libertarian Theory, History, and Practice

“I think I'm fascinated by the power of religion in our culture. Like a lot of secular, liberal people, I ignored it for a long time. Lately, of course, just from a political perspective, it's impossible to ignore.”

People Thinking Long Political Culture Courses Impossible Perspective Long Time Fascinated Secular Ignored

Author:Tom Perrotta

“The Americans provide still more advanced military assets and equipment; the Europeans are lagging behind. And eventually it will be difficult to co-operate even if you had the political will to co-operate because of the technological gap.”

Ifs Stills Political Difficult Behinds Military Gaps Assets Technological Equipment Political Will

Author:Anders Fogh Rasmussen

“The three main political parties all agree the UK deficit is high and needs to be brought down. All agree that it is easier to get a deficit down if you have faster growth, cutting unemployment-related costs and raising revenues.”

Ifs Needs Political Three Growth Party Cutting Easier Cost Agree Faster Related Unemployment Political Parties Revenue Deficit

Author:John Redwood

“The lessons of September 11 are that if we allow law enforcement to do their work free of political interference, if we give them adequate resources and modern technologies, we can protect our citizens without intruding on our liberties.”

Ifs Giving Law Political Liberty Technology Modern Citizens Lessons Protect Resources September Law Enforcement Enforcement Adequate September 11 Interference Modern Technology

Author:Lucille Roybal-Allard

“Let me just say that to imagine racism does not exist is imagination. And to imagine that it does not create its own set of problems is true imagination. So let's not imagine that racism is gone, extinguished, because it's not. We are seeing this in the top levels of the political arena, and we are seeing it very, very plainly.”

Doe Problem Political Imagination Levels Gone Imagine Seeing Racism Let Me Imagine That Arena

Author:Phylicia Rashad

“I do think there is something to be said for those who have significant experience at state level and have run campaigns or have been deeply involved in grass roots political campaigns and who have actual hands-on experience.”

Thinking Has Beens Said States Hands Running Political Levels Involved Roots Campaigns Significant Grass Political Campaign Hands On Experience Significant Experiences

Author:Roy Romer

“The weak economy, widening income inequality, gridlock in Congress and a presidential election: Those were perhaps the dominant economic and political themes of 2012.”

Political Economy Economic Weak Election Congress Income Inequality Presidential Theme Dominant Presidential Election Income Inequality Economic Inequality Gridlock

Author:Steven Rattner

“Significant steps have been taken since 9-11 to protect out country here at home, but much remains to be done, Americans from across the political spectrum must come together to develop the next phase of our efforts to counter global terror.”

Has Beens Country Done Home Together Political Next Effort Steps Taken Protect Remains Terror Significant Phases Spectrum Political Spectrum

Author:Warren Rudman

“I have been studying women’s political behavior since the early 1970s and first identified the gender gap in 1980 with the help of legendary pollster Louis Harris.”

Firsts Has Beens Helping Political Study Behavior Gender Gaps Legendary Gender Gap

Author:Eleanor Smeal

“It’s always interesting to me to tell stories that come from difficult political climates.”

Stories Political Difficult Interesting Climate

Author:Jim Sturgess

“As a writer, I have readers who will have a range of political views. I don't think they look to me for political guidance.”

Thinking Looks Political Views Reader Range Guidance Political View

Author:Alexander McCall Smith

“When one nation is at war with another nation, the political machine does everything it can to vilify the people of the other nation, so it makes it easier to kill them. Which is understandable and it's happened this way throughout history.”

People Way Doe War Political Nations Happened Easier Machines Vilify

Author:Alexander Siddig

“Our country, like every modern state, needs profound democratic reforms. It needs political and ideological pluralism, a mixed economy and protection of human rights and the opening up of society.”

Needs Humans Country States Political Economy Rights Modern Democratic Profound Human Rights Protection Opening Our Country Reform Ideological Opening Up Pluralism Mixed Economy

Author:Andrei Sakharov

“Let us wage a moral and political war against war itself, so that we can cut military spending and use that money for human needs.”

Needs Humans War Use Political Moral Cutting Military Spending Human Needs Against War Military Spending

Author:Bernie Sanders

“In my view, a corporation is not a person. A corporation does not have First Amendment rights to spend as much money as it wants, without disclosure, on a political campaign.”

Want Firsts Persons Doe Political Views Rights Campaigns Corporations Amendments First Amendment Disclosure Political Campaign First Amendment Rights

Author:Bernie Sanders

“Let us wage a moral and political war against the billionaires and corporate leaders, on Wall Street and elsewhere, whose policies and greed are destroying the middle class of America.”

War America Political Leader Moral Class Streets Middle Policy Wall Greed Corporate Middle Class Destroying Elsewhere Billionaire Corporate Greed

Author:Bernie Sanders

“The Occupy Wall Street protests are shining a national spotlight on the most powerful, dangerous and secretive economic and political force in America.”

America Political Force Powerful Economic Streets Dangerous Wall Shining Protest Most Powerful Spotlight Secretive Occupy Wall Street

Author:Bernie Sanders

“I wouldn't say I'm a political junkie. I follow it. I read a few articles every day.”

Political Articles Junkie

Author:Danny Strong

“Vietnam was a lie but at least there was a political agenda. It was the domino theory. Iraq is about nothing but George Bush's ego laced with imperialist ambitions. And it was helped by your government.”

Government Political Lying Theory Ego Ambition Iraq Agendas Vietnam Political Agendas

Author:Donald Sutherland

“The world's problem is not too many people, but lack of political and economic freedom.”

People World Problem Political Politics Economic Economics Economic Freedom

Book:The Ultimate Resource 2

Source: The Ultimate Resource 2

“In 'The General Strike,' we celebrate those who bring a new vision for the world to the table. People who stand for workers rights, human rights, a just representative political system, and a new mode of doing business where sustainability is the norm not the exception.”

People World Humans Political Vision Rights Tables Workers Human Rights Strikes Celebrate Exception Sustainability Representatives Norm Political Systems New Vision Workers Rights

Author:Justin Sane

“I am tired of the constant demonizing of people via political labels.”

People Political Tired Constant Labels

Author:Mark Skousen

“[Mitt Romney is a] Massachusetts moderate who, in fact, is pretty good at managing the decay." He's "given no evidence in his years in Massachusetts of any ability to change the culture or change the political structure.”

Years Facts Political Culture Given Ability Republican Evidence Structure Decay Moderates Romney Massachusetts Ability To Change

Author:Newt Gingrich

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