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Quote by Francis Bacon
It is as hard and severe a thing to be a true politician as to be

It is as hard and severe a thing to be a true politician as to be truly moral. – Francis Bacon

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Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtle; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend. – Francis Bacon

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History
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The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses. – Francis Bacon

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No matter where I go – London, Beirut, Jerusalem, Washington, Beijing, or Bangalore – Im always looking to rediscover that land of ten thousand lakes where politics actually worked to make peoples lives better, not pull them apart. – Thomas Friedman

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In politics, the number of women in the cabinet has fallen and, if current poll trends continue and Labour loses a number of marginal seats, the number of female MPs is likely to drop significantly. – Lucy Powell

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Telling the truth, and confronting the challenge, is what politics is about. – Johann Lamont

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Our party is a diverse one, as is my home state of Illinois. – Dick Durbin

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Politics

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You control your future, your destiny. What you think about comes about. By recording your dreams and goals on paper, you set in motion the process of becoming the person you most want to be. Put your future in good hands – your own. – Mark Victor Hansen

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But when I felt like I had something to prove? Then I got up early every morning and worked all day long. I didnt know if I had any more talent than anyone else directing, but I knew I could work hard at it, and so I did. – Ben Affleck

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