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Idealism is the despot of thought, just as politics is the despot

Idealism is the despot of thought, just as politics is the despot of will. – Mikhail Bakunin

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A jealous lover of human liberty, deeming it the absolute condition of all that we admire and respect in humanity, I reverse the phrase of Voltaire, and say that, if God really existed, it would be necessary to abolish him. – Mikhail Bakunin

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respect
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From the naturalistic point of view, all men are equal. There are only two exceptions to this rule of naturalistic equality: geniuses and idiots. – Mikhail Bakunin

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I ask you: turn a deaf ear to the special interests. Let politics stand down for a while. dont waste anytime thinking about future elections until weve done our jobs here. – Bob Riley

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We can play politics, or we can reduce crime. – Bobby Scott

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It would be great if politics were fact-based, but it is not, and it is surely not nuance-based. What works in a classroom or a think tank does not work on Capitol Hill or in the White House. Obama sometimes seems to be running the Brookings Institution, not the country. – Jon Meacham

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When great questions end, little parties begin. – Walter Bagehot

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