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“Every two years the American politics industry fills the airwaves with the most virulent, scurrilous, wall-to-wall character assassination of nearly every political practitioner in the country - and then declares itself puzzled that America has lost trust in its politicians.”

“There used to be a cruel joke that said Brazil is the country of the future, and always will be; Obama is the Brazil of today's politicians. He has obviously achieved nothing.”

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Author:Charles Krauthammer

“America is just the country that shows how all the written guarantees in the world for freedom are no protection against tyranny and oppression of the worst kind. There the politician has come to be looked upon as the very scum of society.”

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Author:Peter Kropotkin

“It does no harm just once in a while to acknowledge that the whole country isn't in flames, that there are people in the country besides politicians, entertainers, and criminals.”

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Author:Charles Kuralt

“I don't think generally politician come from democratic country. I think not that thinking. But sometimes little bit short-sighted. They are mainly looking for their next vote.”

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Author:Dalai Lama

“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 of the people all of the time.”

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Author:Franklin P. Adams

“I'm more interested in politicians who deal with human rights in their own country rather than lecture the rest of the world.”

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Author:Ken Livingstone

“Globalization and the neoliberal economic model have already been rejected in Latin America; it simply hasn't been a solution for our people. At the same time, Latin countries like Venezuela and Argentina are anti-imperialist and anti-globalization, and yet their economies are growing again.”

“The politician in my country seeks votes, affection and respect, in that order...With few notable exceptions, they are simply men who want to be loved.”

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Author:Edward R. Murrow

“Apparently Arnold was inspired by President Bush, who proved you can be a successful politician in this country even if English is your second language.”

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Author:Conan O'Brien

“If more politicians in this country were thinking about the next generation instead of the next election, it might be better for the United States and the world.”

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Author:Claude Pepper

“If you can't stand a little sacrifice and you can't stand a trip across the desert with limited water, we're never going to straighten this country out.”

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Author:Ross Perot

“If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under.”

“Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and Senators and Congressmen and Government officials but the voters of this country.”

“Diplomats make it their business to conceal the facts, and politicians violently denounce the politicians of other countries.”

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Book:Woman and the New Race

Source: Woman and the New Race

“What is a democrat? One who believes that the republicans have ruined the country. What is a republican? One who believes that the democrats would ruin the country.”

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Book:The Ambrose Bierce satanic reader: selections from the invective journalism of the great satirist

Source: The Ambrose Bierce satanic reader: selections from the invective journalism of the great satirist

“I don't need politicians doing a 24-hour prayer with Oral Roberts to get our country back on track.”

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Author:Lewis Black