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Money has too big an influence on our politics in Washington and s

Money has too big an influence on our politics in Washington and somehow we need to do something about that. – James Hansen

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Consider the perverse effect cap and trade has on altruistic actions. Say you decide to buy a small, high-efficiency car. That reduces your emissions, but not your countrys. Instead it allows somebody else to buy a bigger S.U.V. – because the total emissions are set by the cap. – James Hansen

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What has become clear from the science is that we cannot burn all of the fossil fuels without creating a very different planet. – James Hansen

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I hate politics. I like to write about it, but to get involved in it, to try and make a lot of ignorant people do what you want them to do, waste of time. Go and write a book. Its more important and itll last longer. – Wilbur Smith

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The Labour party has done more than any other to address gender inequalities, through legislation and other means, and to increase womens representation in politics, which has led to recent increases in the number of female politicians. – Lucy Powell

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Politics, as a practise, whatever its professions, has always been the systematic organization of hatreds. – Henry Adams

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The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary. – H. L. Mencken

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The truest expression of a people is in its dance and in its music. Bodies never lie. – Agnes de Mille

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True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity, before it is entitled to the appellation. – George Washington

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Neither blame or praise yourself. – Proverb

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Americans will respect your beliefs if you just keep them private. – Bill OReilly

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