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In politics, it seems, retreat is honorable if dictated by militar

In politics, it seems, retreat is honorable if dictated by military considerations and shameful if even suggested for ethical reasons. – Mary McCarthy

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Anti-Semitism is a horrible disease from which nobody is immune, and it has a kind of evil fascination that makes an enlightened person draw near the source of infection, supposedly in a scientific spirit, but really to sniff the vapors and dally with the possibility. – Mary McCarthy

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Racism
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Finality is not the language of politics. – Benjamin Disraeli

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An Independent is someone who wants to take the politics out of politics. – Adlai E. Stevenson

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We need to remember that politics is all about people, not programs. We shouldnt want to take the humanness out of the political arena. – J. C. Watts

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People like passion in politics. – Ed Gillespie

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No experience is a cause of success or failure. We do not suffer from the shock of our experiences, so-called trauma – but we make out of them just what suits our purposes. – Alfred Adler

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The dark and the light are braided and bound. – Marc Ian Barasch

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Im hopeful. I know there is a lot of ambition in Washington, obviously. But I hope the ambitious realize that they are more likely to succeed with success as opposed to failure. – George W. Bush

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Next to religion, let your care be to promote justice. – Francis Bacon

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