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Shel Israel Author
Politician

"I've always liked politicians and lawyers. They keep the PR professional's status at least two from the bottom of the ethical food chain."

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Kam Williams Author
Politician

"My sense of American politics is that most of our politicians are for sale, whether they are out and out crooked, or simply beholden to corporate interests because they've taken so much money from their lobbyists."

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Zadie Smith Novelist, Essayist
Politician

"Any artist who aligns themselves with a politician is making a category error because what politicians do is not on a human scale, it is on a geopolitical scale."

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Mahatma Gandhi Political Leader
Politician

"The time is fast coming when politicians will cease to fear the religion of humanity and humanitarians will find entrance into political life indispensable for full service."

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Malcolm X Civil Rights Activist, Minister
Politician

"I refer to a negro politician as a negro who is selected by Negroes and who is backed by Negroes."

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Malcolm X Civil Rights Activist, Minister
Politician

"If [politician] is not fulfilling his function, they then can set up the machinery to remove him from that position by whatever means necessary."

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Mao Zedong Politician, Revolutionary
Politician

"The question is not whether or not there should be a cult of the individual, but rather whether or not the individual concerned represents the truth, if he does then he should be worshiped."

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George Bernard Shaw Playwright, Critic
Politician

"The politician who once had to learn to flatter Kings has now to learn how to fascinate, amuse, coax, humbug, frighten, or otherwise strike the fancy of the electorate."

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Gore Vidal Writer, Essayist, Playwright
Politician

"One of the most fascinating aspects of politician-watching is trying to determine to what extent any politician believes what he says."

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