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Quote by Ambrose Bierce
Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of princ

Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage. – Ambrose Bierce

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Alliance – in international politics, the union of two thieves who have their hands so deeply inserted in each others pockets that they cannot separately plunder a third. – Ambrose Bierce

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Sabbath – a weekly festival having its origin in the fact that God made the world in six days and was arrested on the seventh. – Ambrose Bierce

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God
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Insurrection. An unsuccessful revolution; disaffections failure to substitute misrule for bad government. – Ambrose Bierce

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Its like being at the kids table at Thanksgiving – you can put your elbows on it, you dont have to talk politics… no matter how old I get, theres always a part of me thats sitting there. – John Hughes

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Politics, like theater, is one of those things where youve got to be wise enough to know when to leave. – Richard Lamm

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I want to stay away from politics, or else Ill probably end up putting my size fifteen foot into my mouth. – Peter Steele

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As I became very defined in my personal politics, I turned down some films that I slightly regret now Im not going to say what they were. – Julie Christie

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People have their own deaths as well as their own lives, and even if there is nothing beyond death, we shall differ in our nothingness. – E. M. Forster

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Whatever you condemn, you have done yourself. – Georg Groddeck, The Book of the It, 1950

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When we were together, I loved you deeply and you gave me so much happiness I can never repay you. – Arthur Ashe

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