"America gets the politicians they deserve. That's it. And you keep struggling."
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"Hillary Clinton has made a lot of dough out of being a politician. I gave up dough to be a politician. I'm sure that Ronald Reagan gave up dough to be a politician."
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"[The politician] is asked to stand, he wants to sit, and he is expected to lie."
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"T]he state Republican chairman, Gaylord Parkinson, postulated what he called the Eleventh Commandment: Thou shalt not speak ill of any fellow Republican."
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"He's an honest politician--he stays bought."
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"The esthete stands in the same relation to beauty as the pornographer stands to love, and the politician stands to life."
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"All politicians are to some extent salesmen."
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"They said that I should lose my ideals and begin to believe in the methods of practical politicians. Now, I have not lost my ideals in the least; my faith in fundamentals is exactly what it always was. What I have lost is my childlike faith in practical politics."
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"I think celebrity endorsements hurt politicians."
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"On the spectrum of successful politicians, I'm not introverted the way some have been."
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"Back in the '50s and '60s, most politicians were concerned about not talking about faith, partly because there were consequences you had to deal with - (for instance) Catholicism had been made an issue."
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"Everything is possible, from angels to demons to economists and politicians."
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"All of the promises of politicians, generals, madmen, and crusaders that war can create peace have yet to be borne out."
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"There's no smarter politician out there than Bill Clinton."
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"When you define the audience, the performer becomes what the audience wants. Politicians do that all the time."
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"And I think there is too much bloviating around from politicians."
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"It seems to me that politicians ought to use the same words as other people."
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"The Presidency, even to the most experienced politicians, is no bed of roses; and [Zachary] Taylor like others, found thorns within it. No human being can fill that station and escape censure."
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"I don't like politicians who vacillate."
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"Forgiveness is not generally something that you find as a coin to be used by politicians."
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