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I dont for the life of me understand how anybody could contemplate the results of the 2000 election in the US and say that electoral politics doesnt matter any more, and that Ralph Nader was right when he said there is no difference between the two parties. – Todd Gitlin

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American movies and music deliver themes of freedom, innocence, and power that appeal to others – partly because America itself was put together out of a multiplicity of national traditions. – Todd Gitlin

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Freedom
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There is a fuzzy but real distinction that can and I believe should be made, between patriotism, which is attachment to a way of life, and nationalism, which is the insistence that your way of life deserves to rule over other ways of life. – Todd Gitlin

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Patriotism
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My position is not that John Kerry is either Jesus Christ or the prophet Mohammad. My position is that John Kerry is the possibility of restarting politics. – Todd Gitlin

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Politics
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Sometimes I wonder if we shall ever grow up in our politics and say definite things which mean something, or whether we shall always go on using generalities to which everyone can subscribe, and which mean very little. – Eleanor Roosevelt

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The only politics in this country thats relevant to black people today is the politics of revolution… none other. – H. Rap Brown

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Politics

Once the cry and the cause of a generation of progressives to make America safer, fairer and cleaner, regulation is now a dirty word in our politics. Even Democrats are quick to talk about cutting regulations Republicans hate them with – how to put it? – evangelical fervor. – Jon Meacham

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Politics

If the World Series runs until election day, the networks will run the first one-half inning and project the winner. – Lindsey Nelson

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Politics

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Hollywood has always been a cage… a cage to catch our dreams. – John Huston

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Until the great mass of the people shall be filled with the sense of responsibility for each others welfare, social justice can never be attained. – Helen Keller

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[H]istory is the sextant of states which, tossed by wind and current, would be lost in confusion if they could not fix their position. – Allan Nevins, The Gateway to History

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I have a respect for manners as such, they are a way of dealing with people you dont agree with or like. – Margaret Mead

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respect