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“In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt

“Politics is not a game. It is an earnest business.” – Winston Churchill

“In politics, stupidity is not a handicap.” – Napoleon Bonaparte

“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” – Edmund Burke

“In politics, there are no permanent friends or enemies, only permanent interests.” – Lord Palmerston

“Politics is the art of the possible, the attainable—the art of the next best.” – Otto von Bismarck

“Politics is not just about power and money; it is about the improvement of people’s lives.” – Paul Wellstone

“The hardest thing in politics is not learning to do the right thing, but learning to do the right thing and not lose your election.” – Russ Feingold

“Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedies.” – Groucho Marx

“I am not interested in power for power’s sake, but I’m interested in power that is moral, that is right and that is good.” – Martin Luther King Jr.

“The ballot is stronger than the bullet.” – Abraham Lincoln THOSE WHO CAN DO QUOTE

“One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.” – Plato

“Politics is war without bloodshed, while war is politics with bloodshed.” – Mao Zedong

“Democracy is based upon the conviction that there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people.” – Harry Emerson Fosdick

“It is the duty of every man to uphold the principles of his own party, and not to sacrifice his convictions for the sake of mere expediency.” – James A. Garfield

“The measure of a country’s greatness is its ability to retain compassion in times of crisis.” – Thurgood Marshall

“The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.” – Ralph Nader

“There is no such thing as absolute power; it is power only in a relative sense.” – Harry S. Truman

“To be a politician, you have to be able to wake up every day and say, ‘I will do everything I can to improve the lives of my constituents’.” – Cory Booker

“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” – Martin Luther King Jr.

“A good politician is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar.” – H. L. Mencken