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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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You musnt force sex to do the work of love or love to do the work of sex. – Mary McCarthy

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I was on leave from local and regional politics, as long as I was a Minister. – Emma Bonino

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Im not going to talk like I know about politics, because Im a total amateur, but maybe I can be a spokesperson for people who arent normally interested in politics. – Bjork

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Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to that arrogant oligarchy who merely happen to be walking around. – Gilbert K. Chesterton

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Politics is gut commercials are gut. – Frank Luntz

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Knowledge of Gods Word is a bulwark against deception, temptation, accusation, even persecution. – Edwin Louis Cole

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