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Politics is the art of achieving political goals - of achieving what is possible in a given situation - that is, in a situation that has its conditions and its limits.
Adam Michnik
Politics
Art
Political
Goals
Situation
Possible
Given
Limits
Conditions
Achieving
I think church and state should remain entirely separate at all costs, and that the decision of religious marriage should be of each faith to debate and decide free of political influence.
Adam Rickitt
Faith
Marriage
Political
Debate
Decision
Church
Free
Think
State
Church And State
Religious
Entirely
Costs
Remain
Influence
Decide
Separate
Should
Each
If the security forces continue to be dominated as they are now by political groups or sects, then the people won't trust in them - and the result will be civil war or fragmentation of the country.
Adnan Pachachi
War
Trust
People
Result
Political
Will
Country
Fragmentation
Security
Security Forces
Civil
Civil War
Forces
Continue
Dominated
Them
Then
Groups
Now
The political parties have lost their loyalties.
Adolfo Aguilar Zinser
Political
Lost
Parties
Political Parties
Loyalties
For us to accomplish our goals, it will be necessary to transform our political culture, to respect plurality, and to build, among ourselves, bridges and more bridges.
Adolfo Aguilar Zinser
Respect
Culture
Political
Goals
Will
Build
Our
Ourselves
Plurality
More
Accomplish
Transform
Us
Bridges
Among
Necessary
We have never been strictly political, only strictly funny.
Adrian Edmondson
Funny
Political
Strictly
Only
Never
Been
Growing up in Egypt, I never saw the country as divided as it is today. We now have two main political groupings: the Islamist parties and the civil, or liberal, political parties.
Ahmed Zewail
Today
Political
Country
Liberal
Saw
Civil
Divided
Main
Never
Parties
Up
Political Parties
Egypt
Growing
Growing Up
Now
Two
The partnership between the United States and Egypt is crucial to both countries, and it can't be predicated on political manipulation and threats of withholding aid.
Ahmed Zewail
Political
Aid
States
Threats
Both
Crucial
Between
Countries
Partnership
Withholding
Egypt
Manipulation
United
United States
We shouldn't waste any more time in making sure that democracy is properly rooted in our political life and the supremacy of the law becomes an integral part of our state's structure.
Ahmet Necdet Sezner
Life
Time
Democracy
Law
Political
State
Our
Properly
Structure
More
Part
Supremacy
Sure
Becomes
Making
Integral
Integral Part
Political Life
Any
Rooted
Waste
So maybe there are three parts in my life - earlier background living in exile in Xinjiang in a very political circumstance, then later the United States from 24 to 36 years old. I was quite equipped with liberal thinking. Then the Internet. If there is no Internet, of course, I cannot really exercise my opinion or my ideas.
Ai Weiwei
Life
Political
Old
Internet
Three
My Life
Living
Thinking
Liberal
Later
Background
States
Circumstance
Ideas
Course
Parts
Exercise
Opinion
Equipped
Exile
Years
Very
Quite
Maybe
Cannot
Then
Really
United
United States
Earlier
People are always wondering if I am an artist or political activist or politician. Maybe I'll just clearly tell you: Whatever I do is not art. Let's say it is just objects or materials, movies or writing, but not art, OK?
Ai Weiwei
Art
You
People
Writing
Political
Whatever
Politician
Say
OK
Tell
Objects
Clearly
Always
Am
Materials
Wondering
Artist
Maybe
Just
Movies
Activist
Giving back to those in need is something that everyone on all sides of the political aisle can relate to, and it is beautiful to see people come together, especially during the holiday season.
Ainsley Earhardt
Beautiful
Together
People
Political
Holiday Season
Giving
Relate
Back
Everyone
Sides
Those
Aisle
See
Something
Giving Back
Come
Holiday
Season
Need
Political positions do not belong to the officeholder; they belong to the people that place us in office.
Aja Brown
People
Political
Positions
Office
Place
Us
Belong
I think - everything just in the political realm - women are usually perceived to be more trustworthy and compassionate. And they usually fare well against their male counterpart.
Aja Brown
Women
Political
Think
Everything
Perceived
More
Counterpart
Well
Male
Women Are
Trustworthy
Just
Against
Realm
Fare
Compassionate
In the United States, the government has no business entering the marketplace of ideas to establish an arbiter of what is false, misleading, or a political smear.
Ajit Pai
Government
Business
Political
Marketplace
States
Entering
No Business
Arbiter
Misleading
Smear
Ideas
False
Establish
United
United States
The one thing that is distinctive about America historically has been the fact that we are all able to engage in public discourse without the political becoming personal.
Ajit Pai
Political
Distinctive
Has-Been
One Thing
Able
About
Fact
Without
Becoming
Discourse
Been
Historically
America
Personal
The One Thing
Public
Public Discourse
Engage
Thing
Saudi Arabia has stability. The social contract and the political contract between the king and the rulers and the royal family and the ruled people in Saudi Arabia is very strong and the bondage is so solid.
Al-Waleed bin Talal
Family
People
Strong
Political
King
Ruled
Rulers
Solid
Arabia
Between
Contract
Very
Stability
Social
Social Contract
Royal
Saudi
Royal Family
Saudi Arabia
Bondage
As a source of innovation, an engine of our economy, and a forum for our political discourse, the Internet can only work if it's a truly level playing field. Small businesses should have the same ability to reach customers as powerful corporations. A blogger should have the same ability to find an audience as a media conglomerate.
Al Franken
Work
Innovation
Political
Internet
Field
Our
Corporations
Find
Ability
Only
Small
Small Businesses
Powerful
Economy
Reach
Audience
Discourse
Source
Truly
Same
Customers
Should
Conglomerate
Engine
Forum
Businesses
Media
Level
Level Playing Field
Playing
Playing Field
Terrorism, to me, is the use of terror for political purpose, and terror is indiscriminate murder of civilians to make a political point.
Al Franken
Me
Terrorism
Political
Civilians
Purpose
Indiscriminate
Point
Make
Terror
Use
My parents were really political. The news was very important in our home. We basically had dinner every night while watching the news, and then we'd discuss it with our parents.
Al Franken
Home
News
Political
Dinner
Parents
Important
Every
Our
Had
Were
Very
Discuss
While
Then
Really
Watching
Basically
Every Night
Night
The reason I wrote political satire was because I thought it - politics - was important... that public policy was important. Then I transitioned into books, then into radio.
Al Franken
Politics
Satire
Political
Thought
Important
Books
Wrote
Policy
Because
Public
Then
Reason
Public Policy
Radio
At 'SNL,' I wrote political stuff, but I never felt the show should have an axe to grind. But when I left in '95, I could let my own beliefs out.
Al Franken
Political
Own
Out
My Own
Could
Never
Stuff
Wrote
Felt
Left
SNL
Grind
Should
Show
Beliefs
Axe
Population growth is straining the Earth's resources to the breaking point, and educating girls is the single most important factor in stabilizing that. That, plus helping women gain political and economic power and safeguarding their reproductive rights.
Al Gore
Rights
Women
Political
Girl
Power
Important
Single
Resources
Earth
Plus
Economic
Point
Factor
Economic Power
Most
Safeguarding
Educating
Gain
Reproductive
Breaking
Helping
Population
Population Growth
Growth
We need to be very careful in making judgment on opening borders and adopting immigration policies, as these are areas where political and emotional elements feature prominently.
Alain Dehaze
Immigration
Political
Judgment
Borders
Adopting
Feature
Area
Emotional
Opening
Policies
Making
Very
Where
Elements
Need
Careful
I don't think there's any one definition, but to do effective political work you have to have vision and practicality, and learn how to persuade people that what you feel needs to be done does need to be done.
Alan Cranston
Work
Needs
You
People
Vision
Political
Think
Definition
Feel
Practicality
Learn
Does
How
Effective
Political Work
Any
Done
Persuade
Need
The way I work: I pick a country. I learn the political history - I mean I really learn it; I read until it sinks in. Once I read the political history, I can project and find the clandestine history. And then I people it with the characters.
Alan Furst
Work
History
People
Political
Country
Project
Once
Way
Characters
Find
Pick
Until
Learn
Read
Political History
Mean
Then
Really
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