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"My greatest political asset, which professional politicians fear, is my mouth, out of which come all kinds of things one shouldn't always discuss for reasons of political expediency."
"The method of production of the material things of life generally determines the social, political and spiritual currents of life."
"Whenever death may surprise us, let it be welcome if our battle cry has reached even one receptive ear and another hand reaches out to take up our arms."
"If you don't think drugs have done good things for us, then take all of your records, tapes and CD's and burn them."
"In addition to the decline in competition, American politics today is characterized by a growing ideological polarization between the two major political parties."
"The constitutional freedom of religion is the most inalienable and sacred of all human rights"
"Books ARE a form of political action. Books are knowledge. Books are reflection. Books change your mind."
"Color is not a human or a personal reality; it is a political reality."
"Democracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better than we deserve."
"The great rule of conduct for us, in regard to foreign nations, is, in extending our commercial relations, to have with them as little political connection as possible."
"Poverty devastates families, communities and nations. It causes instability and political unrest and fuels conflict."
"It would be folly to argue that the people cannot make political mistakes. They can and do make grave mistakes. They know it, they pay the penalty, but compared with the mistakes which have been made by every kind of autocracy they are unimportant."
"Racism is the lowest, most crudely primitive form of collectivism. It is the notion of ascribing moral, social or political significance to a man’s genetic lineage-the notion that a man’s intellectual and characterologic al traits are produced and transmitted by his internal body chemistry."
"Avoid any specific discussion of public policy at public meetings."
"Political freedom cannot exist without economic freedom; a free mind and a free market are corollaries."
"It is not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce."
"The most characteristic concern of rhetoric [is] the manipulation of men's beliefs for political ends....the basic function of rhetoric [is] the use of words by human agents to form attitudes or to induce actions in other human agents."
"I will die like a true-blue rebel. Don't waste any time in mourning - organize."
"The critical importance of honest journalism and a free flowing, respectful national conversation needs to be had in our country. But it is being buried as collateral damage in a war whose battles include political correctness and ideological orthodoxy."
"Poetry is a political act because it involves telling the truth."
