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The question of questions for the politicians should ever be-What type of social structure am I tending to produce? But this is a question he never entertains.

The radical of one century is the conservative of the next. The radical invents the views. When he has worn them out, the conservative adopt.

There ain't no good guys, there ain't no bad guys, there's only you and me, and we just disagree.

There are but three political-economic roads from which we can choose... We could take the first course and further exacerbate the already concentrated ownership of productive capital in the American economy. Or we could join the rest of the world by taking the second path, that of nationalization. Or we can take the third road, establishing policies to diffuse capital ownership broadly, so that many individuals, particularly workers, can participate as owners of industrial capital. The choice is ours.

There are few things more amusing in the world of politics than watching moderate Republicans charging to the right in pursuit of greater glory.

There are few ironclad rules of diplomacy but to one there is no exception. When an official reports that talks were useful, it can safely be concluded that nothing was accomplished.

There are far too many men in politics and not enough elsewhere.

There are lots more people in the House. I don't know exactly - I've never counted, but at least a couple hundred.

There are men who, by their sympathetic attractions, carry nations with them, and lead the activity of the human race.

There are no little people in America. There are only people, equal before the law, yearning to breathe free and wanting to achieve the best within them.

There are no free lunches on welfare.

There aren't many idealists in politics.

There are no true friends in politics.

There are so many women on the floor of Congress, it looks like a mall

There are ten times as many sex slaves transported around the globe today as agrarian slaves were transported in the 1790s.

There are two kinds of fools. One says, "This is old, and therefore good." And one says, " This is new, and therefore better.

There are two things that you have to lie to get through. One is politics, and the other is marriage.

The reason so many problems do not get solved in Washington is that solving those problems is not the No. 1 priority: Re-election is.

The Reformation has been called in a biting epigram "a rising of the rich against the poor.

There have been three great inventions since the beginning of time: fire, the wheel, and central banking.

There goes your freedom of choice, there goes the last human voice.

There has been no case made - based on anything other than speculation - that Iraq poses a threat.

Therefore those governing the State ought primarily to devote themselves to the service of individual groups and of the whole commonwealth, and through the entire scheme of laws and institutions to cause both public and individual well-being to develop spontaneously out of the very structure and administration of the state.

There is a cannibalism that's loose in our society in which public figures such as the Clintons could try to come into this town and do something good for this country and then they get hammered away even though they're trying to do the right thing.

There is a law in each well-ordered nation To curb those raging appetites that are Most disobedient and refractory.

There is a holy mistaken zeal in politics as well as religion. By persuading others, we convince ourselves.

There is a very real danger that we will kill everything on this planet now that we have the technological power to do so.

There is an indissoluble union between a magnanimous policy and the solid rewards of public prosperity and felicity.

There is no index of character so sure as the voice.

There is literally no such thing as an idea that cannot be expressed well and articulately to today's voters in thirty seconds.

There is no cause so good or noble that it will not attract fuggheads; and the fuggheads will get all the press.

There is no more great men; there is only great committees.

There is no monopoly on common sense on either side of the political fence.

There is more to life than material well-being. Who would claim that the wholly wage-dependent family enjoys the dignity, the security, the range of choice and the autonomy (not to mention the leisure and freedom) of the family even partially supported by capital ownership?

There is no gambling like politics. Nothing in which the power of circumstance is more evident.

There is no more independence in politics than there is in jail.

There is no perfecter endowment in man than political virtue.

There is not a more perilous or immoral habit of mind than the sanctifying of success.

There is no such thing as a strictly woman's problem. Any question affecting the welfare of society is a woman's problem.

There is not a single crowned head in Europe whose talents or merit would entitle him to be elected a vestryman by the people of any parish in America.

There is no sea more dangerous than the ocean of practical politics none in which there is more need of good pilotage and of a single, unfaltering purpose when the waves rise high.

There is no substitute for a clear vision and a decisive direction.

There Is No Terrorist Threat In This Country. This Is A Lie. This Is The Biggest Lie We've Been Told.

There is nothing to which men cling more tenaciously than the privileges of class.

There is only one way to get rid of nuclear weapons... use them.

There is one rule for politicians all over the world: Don't say in Power what you say in opposition; if you do, you only have to carry out what the other fellows have found impossible.

There is only one way to eat an elephant, a bite at a time.

There is no word more "dangerous" than liberalism, because to oppose it is the new "unforgivable sin.

The Republicans have a new healthcare proposal: Just say NO to illness!

There is something wonderful in seeing a wrong-headed majority assailed by truth.