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In politics, sometimes you have to lie, or you make a promise that

In politics, sometimes you have to lie, or you make a promise that you cannot keep. – Youssou NDour

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In the West, you have always associated the Islamic faith 100 percent with Arab culture. This in itself is a fundamentalist attitude and it is mistaken. – Youssou NDour

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Youssou NDour
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Pro football gave me a good sense of perspective to enter politics: Id already been booed, cheered, cut, sold, traded and hung in effigy. – Jack Kemp

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First, take the government of the Indians out of politics second, let the laws of the Indians be the same as those of the whites third, give the Indian the ballot. – George Crook

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American influence in the world is certainly considerable, but the United States does not control, directly or indirectly, the politics and economics of other societies, as empires have always done, save for a few special cases that turn out to be the exceptions that prove the rule. – Michael Mandelbaum

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Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river. – Nikita Khrushchev

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