Quote by James Buchan
We read too much Shakespeare at school, and view our parliamentary

We read too much Shakespeare at school, and view our parliamentary politics as dynastic drama, in which an impatient crown prince frets at his long subordination and begins to scheme for the throne he knows he merits, was promised and has earned. – James Buchan

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Were there peace and justice in the Middle East, the Arabs would no more need their tinhorn dictators than they would their corpulent princes. – James Buchan

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The year 2008 was a reminder to those who had forgotten that there is such a thing as history and that the cycle of famine and feast in commerce, first identified in antiquity and well understood in the Middle Ages, was not suddenly abolished in modern times. – James Buchan

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History
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Up until the Depression, recession had a moral character: it was supposed to purge the body economic of the greed and excess that attends a business expansion. – James Buchan

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Politics is applesauce. – Will Rogers

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We must remember that politics is more than a power game. The core of politics in my view is to serve our citizens, to serve our fellow human beings. – Kjell Magne Bondevik

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Newt Gingrich is one of the brightest people in the Republican Party and hes always been a little unorthodox in his approach to politics, but thats what makes him Newt Gingrich. – Gary Bauer

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A week is a long time in politics. – Harold Wilson

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The lesson of the last year is this: foreign policy cant be managed through the politics of personality, and our President would do well to take note of an observation John F. Kennedy made once he was in office – that all of the worlds problems arent his predecessors fault. – Sarah Palin

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