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GRAPESHOT, n. An argument which the future is preparing in answer to the demands of American Socialism. — Ambrose Bierce

The first duty of an American citizen, then, is that he shall work in politics. — Theodore Roosevelt

Little in American culture, politics, or business encourages the institutionalization of a collective employee voice. — Nelson Lichtenstein

American voters have to pay closer attention to politics if they want to avoid four years of whining about the outcome. — Jack Germond

I'm no expert on American politics. — Bjorn Lomborg

The only way to Cuba is with the CIA. — Phil Ochs

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has taken American politics by storm. — Sean Hannity

PRESIDENCY, n. The greased pig in the field game of American politics. — Ambrose Bierce

From politics and business to music and food to culture, African-Americans have helped to shape our state's colourful past and its future. — Mary Landrieu

I'm not the Carter who'll never tell a lie. — Billy Carter

If American politics are too dirty for women to take part in, there's something wrong with American politics. — Edna Ferber

The appalling reality in American politics today is that, when ideology and money mix, truth is a mere inconvenience. — David Horsey

Mitt Romney is the American Borat — Bernard Whitman

All that foreign oil controlling American soil. — Bob Dylan

I think the American people have been surprised by the enthusiasm with which the Iraqis have taken to elections and politics. — Duncan Hunter

In Washington I'm thought of as a conservative, but in Tennessee I'm thought of as a Bolshevik. — Howard Baker

There is a lack of agency here - a feeling that you have little control over your life and a willingness to blame everyone but yourself. — J.D. Vance

A couple of weeks is a long time in American politics. — Peter Jennings

It is a central characteristic of the American political system that a wheelbarrow fetishist could be mayor of Omaha. — Charles L. Mee Jr.

I do think British and American politics rhyme. They go in cycles. They go in Thatcher-Reagan cycles, Blair-Clinton cycles. — David Brooks

There are two factors in American politics that may seem strange to Europeans: race and religion. — P. J. O'Rourke

July 4th is Independence Day in the U.S., and it is celebrated in a truly American way by blowing things up and taking a day off from work. — Adam C. Engst

[T]he harm [Clinton AG] Reno did to American national security in the fight against terror was incalculable. — Dick Morris

When we talk about safety and security of the American people, politics falls aside pretty quickly. — Bill Frist

The short memories of the American voters is what keeps our politicians in office. — Will Rogers

I was once a statist, and then I researched The Holocaust. I am now a Libertarian. — A.E. Samaan

By the end of my second term, we will have the first permanent base on the moon, and it will be American. — Newt Gingrich

The election before us will be the Austerlitz of American politics. — Roscoe Conkling

[Mondale] was not born; he was appointed. — Ernest Hollings

Donald Trump is redundant evidence that if your net worth is high enough, your IQ can be very low and you can still intrude into American politics. — George Will

There are no generalizations in American politics that vested selfishness cannot cut through. — John Gunther

I've often thought that the gauntlet of American politics is more individualistic, more expensive, more unpredictable than in many other democracies. — Hillary Clinton

I happen to think that American politics is one of the noblest arts of mankind; and I cannot do anything else but write about it. — Theodore White

The Democratic Party's rigidly pro-choice stance is one of the more unyielding positions in contemporary American politics. — Ross Douthat

We must give the American worker the first option of ownership. — Jesse Jackson

Dealing with pain for surviving on this thirsty concrete — Kjiva

I think that no one roiled American politics and sort of scrambled the left/right dynamic more 2015 year than Pope Francis. — Joy-Ann Reid

American politics can produce great men and women, but it is profoundly insular. — George Packer

American politics is theatre. There is a frightening emotionalism at national conventions. — Robert Dallek

With the end of the nominating process, American politics leaves logic behind. — Theodore White

It seems to be Latin American destiny to always have the United States say 'amen. — Warren Eyster

Christians belong in American politics because there is not and cannot be a fundamental separation between our moral vocation and our citizenship. — Alan Keyes

You know, I'm just not going to get into American politics. — Benjamin Netanyahu

What could be more absurd than the idea that genuine anti-Christian prejudice is a major force in American politics. — Michael Kinsley

Money is power in American politics. It always has been. — William Greider

Lyndon Johnson bared his scars, American ... stars 'n bars. — Neil Young

It is my experience that the best way to deal with American politics is 50 milligrams of Zoloft 3 times a day. — Will Durst

In American religious history, theological qualms tend to get pushed aside when politics intervenes. — Rick Perlstein

What I really hope for, ultimately, is that the closet will be a non-factor in American politics in a couple of decades. — Kirby Dick

The thing about American politics, as I've learned, is there is no choice. — Rob Walton

In the high-octane, low responsibility world of American politics it was better to be seen as crazy than weak. — Richard Peters

American politics are normally a result of pragmatic and not philosophical reasoning. No one in Washington has said we now prefer multilateralism. — Henry A. Kissinger

The American Constitution was not written to protect criminals; it was written to protect the government from becoming criminals. — Lenny Bruce

I will say that I think Israel enjoys strong bipartisan support in the United States. It's really above and beyond American politics. — Benjamin Netanyahu

Affirming belief that America is an exceptional nation has become a test of patriotism in American politics. — Michael Ignatieff

With each passing day, I become more and more convinced that the greatest threat to American freedom is the United States government. — Michel Templet

I've always found that avoiding insanity is useful in life - which in American politics sometimes puts one in the minority. — Tony Blankley

Unfortunately, in American politics there are no standards for shame. — Mark McKinnon

Concerning politics: "The American media is like a watchdog who has developed an affection for the burglar." — Ron Dart

Although he's regularly asked to do so, God does not take sides in American politics. — George J. Mitchell

Any American who is prepared to run for president should automatically, by definition, be disqualified from ever doing so. — Gore Vidal

American politics used to be an amateur sport. But somewhere along the way, we handed over to professionals all the things people used to do for free. — Bob Schieffer

I will not rest until I have transformed the landscape of American politics. — Newt Gingrich

Walter Mondale once said God has no place in American politics and it turned out that God felt the same way about Walter Mondale. — Argus Hamilton

Immigration is as much about the American experience and the values we share, and a lot more about economics than it is about politics. — Jeb Bush

If we do with Latinos what we did with African-Americans, Republicans and conservatives will be doomed. — Karl Rove

My approach to politics is that I'm not a Democrat or a Republican. I'm an American and I always support candidates I think are great for the country. — Marc Benioff

The President is aware of what is going on. That is not to say that something is going on. — Ron Ziegler

American political culture quickly and always outpaces any attempt to satirize it. — Glenn Greenwald

I don't think there is anything more bitter in American politics than a close election. — Danny Strong

American youth attributes much more importance to arriving at driver's license age than at voting age. — Marshall McLuhan

The history of American politics is littered with bodies of people who took so pure a position that they had no clout at all. — Ben Bradlee

I strongly believe that crossing the aisle for the good of the American people is more important than party politics. — Gabrielle Giffords

The American political experience can therefore be viewed as optimism in the collective. — Michael J. Fox

Jesse Jackson has to get back to "I am somebody" instead of "I am some color." — Ernest Hollings

Al Qaeda's central political objective is the creation of an Islamic republic, not the progressive realignment of American foreign policy. — Simon Cottee

Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the government
take care of him better take a closer look at the American Indian. — Henry Ford

In this country American means white. Everybody else has to hyphenate. — Toni Morrison

Emphasis on "American made products"
will help us if the currency falls. — Phil Mitchell

Public life in this country is too damn dominated by people who'd read more if only their lips didn't get so tired. — Markham Shaw Pyle

We are an impatient culture and an impatient electorate. — Dick Couch

With the single exception of the American Revolution, the aftermath of all revolutions from 1789 on only worsened the human condition. — Arnold Beichman

If you really want to diminish a candidate, depict him as the foil of his handler. This is as old in American politics as politics itself. — Karl Rove

The most powerful force in American politics is not anger, it's nostalgia. — Pete Hamill

Those who take the extreme positions in American political and economic life are always wrong. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

All that we got here is American made. It's a little bit cheesy, but it's nicely displayed. — Frank Zappa

There is nothing political about American literature. — Laura Bush

American politics is always an open competition. — Hillary Clinton

We've had characters like Trump in American politics forever, characters who trade on xenophobia. — Lin-Manuel Miranda

I don't think about politics," Rabbit says. "That's one of my Goddam precious American rights, not to think about politics. — John Updike

I think Ralph Nader is the biggest liar in American politics when he said it didn't matter who was president. — James Carville

The American people will regret the day I was crucified by politics and bureaucracy.
Billy Mitchell — James D. Bradley

Just because I like to suck cock doesn't make me any less American than Jesse Helms. — Allen Ginsberg

The right to vote gives every eligible American a voice in our electoral politics. There's too much at stake to stay silent as this right is eroded. — Martin O'Malley

The tax issue is the most powerful issue in American politics going back to the Tea Party. — Grover Norquist

Not only does American corn syrup run deep in our food - it also runs deep in our propaganda. — Joshua Emmet

I've always regarded it as a test of character to dislike the Kennedys. I don't really respect anyone who falls for Camelot. — Christopher Hitchens

Someone told me it was a round thing that gobbles up money. I thought that was Tip O'Neill. — Ronald Reagan

I don't believe in the Constitution because I'm American, I'm American because I believe in the Constitution. — J.S.B. Morse

Communism has defeated itself everywhere except ... in American colleges. — Paul Harvey