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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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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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Todd Gitlin
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I first came to think about media and politics in the late 1960s, having observed some distortions up close, but since then I wouldnt say that my personal experience has remained an important motive for my writing about media. – Todd Gitlin

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Politics
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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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Politics are almost as exciting as war, and quite as dangerous. In war you can only be killed once, but in politics many times. – Winston Churchill

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I am never going to have anything more to do with politics or politicians. When this war is over I shall confine myself entirely to writing and painting. – Winston Churchill

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Politics

In the world of energy politics, the sudden vanishing of the word coal is a remarkable and unprecedented event. – Jeff Goodell

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Politics

When times are tough, constant conflict may be good politics but in the real world, cooperation works better. After all, nobodys right all the time, and a broken clock is right twice a day. – William J. Clinton

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Politics

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Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are inevitably ruined. – Patrick Henry

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I think if you give your best as a parent, then thats all you can do. – Heidi Klum

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Here is the simple but powerful rule… always give people more than they expect to get. – Nelson Boswell

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One thousand days to learn; ten thousand days to refine. – Japanese Proverb

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