Quote by Eric Liu
We tend to think of politics as bad, full of dirty tricks, negativ

We tend to think of politics as bad, full of dirty tricks, negative ads, big campaigns, but I am here to explore the original meaning of politics, which is positive and has to do with balancing competing interests and looking for solutions. – Eric Liu

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Have you ever watched someone become American? Last week, at a national citizenship conference I organize, thirty immigrants from 17 countries swore an oath and became citizens of the United States. It was a stirring experience for the hundreds of people in the room. – Eric Liu

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Experience
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Heres a proposal, offered only partly in jest: no resident of the United States, whether born here or abroad, should get to be a citizen until age 18, at which time each such resident has to take a test. – Eric Liu

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Age
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Sometimes when I listen to fellow progressives, I wonder if the only lesson we took away from the 04 elections is that politics is a word game. – Eric Liu

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I dont want to spend the rest of my life in politics. When Im finished with my term as governor, Im going back to the life thats waiting for me in the private sector. – Jesse Ventura

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A healthy democracy requires a decent society it requires that we are honorable, generous, tolerant and respectful. – Charles W. Pickering

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Yes is a far more potent word than no in American politics. By adopting the positions which animate the political agenda for the other side, one can disarm them and leave them sputtering with nothing to say. – Dick Morris

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Growing older, I have lost the need to be political, which means, in this country, the need to be left. I am driven into grudging toleration of the Conservative Party because it is the party of non-politics, of resistance to politics. – Kingsley Amis

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Adventure is not outside; it is within. – Ray Stannard Baker [David Grayson]

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I had the most reversed education possible. Every parent wants their son to be a businessman, respectable – me, it was the opposite. When I had an artist career my mum was like, Oh finally, Im proud of you! – David Guetta

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