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Sincerity and competence is a strong combination. In politics, it

Sincerity and competence is a strong combination. In politics, it is everything. – Peggy Noonan

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[A]ll great soundbites happen by accident, which is to say, all great soundbites are yielded up inevitably, as part of the natural expression of the text. They are part of the tapestry, they aren’t a little flower somebody sewed on. – Peggy Noonan

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Quotations
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Peggy Noonan
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Beware the politically obsessed. They are often bright and interesting, but they have something missing in their natures there is a hole, an empty place, and they use politics to fill it up. It leaves them somehow misshapen. – Peggy Noonan

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Politics
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Peggy Noonan
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A speech is poetry: cadence, rhythm, imagery, sweep! A speech reminds us that words, like children, have the power to make dance the dullest beanbag of a heart. – Peggy Noonan

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Speeches
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Politics
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War has rules, mud wrestling has rules – politics has no rules. – Ross Perot

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Overheard in a Washington D.C. confessional: “Bless me, Father, for sins have been committed.” – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Politics

If one of my boys was asking me if they should go into politics, Id say theres only one reason to go into public life and thats to help people. – Evan Bayh

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Politics

I think politics is important. Its how we run our society. I think it should be natural to have an interest in the subject, and I almost dont understand why some people dont. – Chester Brown

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Politics

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