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Quote by Jonathan Swift
Politics, as the word is commonly understood, are nothing but corr

Politics, as the word is commonly understood, are nothing but corruptions. – Jonathan Swift

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Although men are accused of not knowing their own weakness, yet perhaps few know their own strength. It is in men as in soils, where sometimes there is a vein of gold which the owner knows not of. – Jonathan Swift

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Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used to protect the innocent. – Jonathan Swift

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power
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I never saw, heard, nor read, that the clergy were beloved in any nation where Christianity was the religion of the country. Nothing can render them popular, but some degree of persecution. – Jonathan Swift

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I like to see myself as a bridge builder, that is me building bridges between people, between races, between cultures, between politics, trying to find common ground. – T. D. Jakes

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Free speech is not to be regulated like diseased cattle and impure butter. The audience that hissed yesterday may applaud today, even for the same performance. – William O. Douglas

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Politics

On the show, we are not trying to get people to eat their vegetables we are not trying to get people to become Democrats. We are basically trying to encourage people to get involved with public life so that politics isnt left to the wealthy and privileged. – Martin Sheen

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Nothing is irreparable in politics. – Jean Anouilh

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I have a simple philosophy: Fill whats empty. Empty whats full. Scratch where it itches. – Alice Roosevelt Longworth

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I tend to start at 9 oclock in the morning and write until 3. Those are my best hours. They fit the other rhythms of the world. So I write for six hours, pretty much without any breaks. – Justin Cronin

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