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Politics 101 - Politics, Business, Civil, History - Posted: 12th Aug, 2009 - 2:46am
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Post Date: 2nd Nov, 2008 - 7:13pm / Post ID: #
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Consider the following quotes, do they adequately describe the base for politics?
"Politics is the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich, by promising to protect each from the other."
~Oscar Ameringer
"Politics, it seems to me, for years, or all too long, has been concerned with right or left instead of right or wrong."
~Richard Armour
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I very much agree with those and have made a mental note to use elsewhere but I do wonder who those people are that the quotes come from?
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Post Date: 3rd Mar, 2009 - 3:09pm / Post ID: #
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"Government has within it a tendency to abuse its powers." - -- John C. Calhoun - (1782-1850) American statesman
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Classical Liberal
A Classical Liberal, also known by many other names, is a person who is focused on individual liberty, property rights, and limited government. Currently, the people who best fit the classical definition of liberals are libertarians and Reagan conservatives.
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Post Date: 12th Aug, 2009 - 2:46am / Post ID: #
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Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.
-- George Washington
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