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We need to reject any politics that targets people because of race or religion. This isn't a matter of political correctness. It's a matter of understanding what makes us strong. The world respects us not just for our arsenal; it respects us for our diversity and our openness and the way we respect every faith. Barack Obama

Faith, Respect, Politics, Diversity

Culture makes people understand each other better. And if they understand each other better in their soul, it is easier to overcome the economic and political barriers. But first they have to understand that their neighbour is, in the end, just like them, with the same problems, the same questions. Paulo Coelho

Culture, Soul, People, Problems, Better

True equality means holding everyone accountable in the same way, regardless of race, gender, faith, ethnicity - or political ideology. Monica Crowley

Faith, Equality, Gender, True, Way, Race

I am not a member of any organized political party. I am a Democrat. - Will Rogers

I am not a member of any organized political party. I am a Democrat. Will Rogers

Funny, I Am, Party, Organized, Democrat

The day that the balance between the two sections of the country - the slaveholding States and the non-slaveholding States - is destroyed is a day that will not be far removed from political revolution, anarchy, civil war, and widespread disaster. John C. Calhoun

Day, Balance, War, Revolution, Country

In our age there is no such thing as 'keeping out of politics.' All issues are political issues, and politics itself is a mass of lies, evasions, folly, hatred and schizophrenia. George Orwell

Age, Politics, Hatred, Out, Lies, Issues

There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge. Isaac Asimov

Life, Good, Knowledge, Ignorance, Way

We live in a world where finding fault in others seems to be the favorite blood sport. It has long been the basis of political campaign strategy. It is the theme of much television programming across the world. It sells newspapers. Whenever we meet anyone, our first, almost unconscious reaction may be to look for imperfections. Henry B. Eyring

Live, World, Strategy, Finding, Look

Everybody is a political person, whether you say something or you are silent. A political attitude is not whether you go to parliament; it's how you deal with your life, with your surroundings. Paulo Coelho

Life, Attitude, You, Person, Go, Silent

The political process does not end on Election Day. Young people need to stay involved in the process by continuing to pay attention to the conversation and holding their leaders accountable for the decisions they make. Patrick Murphy

Day, People, End, Decisions, Attention

I really want women to know their power, to value their experience. To understand that nothing has been more wholesome in the political process than the increased involvement of women. Nancy Pelosi

Women, Power, Experience, Value, Process

We will not agree on every issue. But let us respect those differences and respect one another. Let us recognize that we do not serve an ideology or a political party; we serve the people. John Lynch

Respect, People, Differences, Party, Us

Man is by nature a political animal. - Aristotle

Man is by nature a political animal. Aristotle

Nature, Politics, Man, Animal

Tolerance, diversity, and inclusion are not political opinions. They are non-negotiable human rights - hard fought and secured in America. Andy Dunn

Diversity, Tolerance, America, Opinions

Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to vote away the rights of a minority; the political function of rights is precisely to protect minorities from oppression by majorities (and the smallest minority on earth is the individual). Ayn Rand

Earth, Vote, Oppression, Protect, Right

The political lesson of Watergate is this: Never again must America allow an arrogant, elite guard of political adolescents to by-pass the regular party organization and dictate the terms of a national election. Gerald R. Ford

Organization, America, Lesson, Party

We must all build national unity, build all revolutionary forces, into one powerful wave to sweep away our main enemy, political imperialism and economic imperialism. Sukarno

Unity, Wave, Powerful, Enemy, Build

The objective I propose is quite simple to state: to foster the infrastructure of democracy - the system of a free press, unions, political parties, universities - which allows a people to choose their own way to develop their own culture, to reconcile their own differences through peaceful means. Ronald Reagan

Culture, Simple, People, Democracy, Free

Should any political party attempt to abolish social security, unemployment insurance, and eliminate labor laws and farm programs, you would not hear of that party again in our political history. Dwight D. Eisenhower

History, Farm, Insurance, You, Security

Like music and art, love of nature is a common language that can transcend political or social boundaries. Jimmy Carter

Nature, Love, Music, Art, Language

We've become, now, an oligarchy instead of a democracy. I think that's been the worst damage to the basic moral and ethical standards to the American political system that I've ever seen in my life. Jimmy Carter

Life, Democracy, Think, American, Moral

I'm not an activist; I don't look for controversy. I'm not a political person, but I'm a person with compassion. I care passionately about equal rights. I care about human rights. I care about animal rights. Ellen DeGeneres

Compassion, Animal, Care, Look, Person

History is not everything, but it is a starting point. History is a clock that people use to tell their political and cultural time of day. It is a compass they use to find themselves on the map of human geography. It tells them where they are but, more importantly, what they must be. John Henrik Clarke

History, Time, Day, People, Find, Map

Democratic socialism means that we must reform a political system that is corrupt, that we must create an economy that works for all, not just the very wealthy. Bernie Sanders

Socialism, Create, Economy, System, Just

Our flag is not just one of many political points of view. Rather, the flag is a symbol of our national unity. Adrian Cronauer

Unity, View, Flag, Just One, Just, Our

The political solutions to the refugee crisis may be complex, but that does not mean we should abandon our humanity. We should not close our hearts, retreat behind walls, real or imagined, or ignore the pressing moral imperative to provide assistance and sanctuary for some of the world's most desperate people. Katharine Viner

Walls, People, World, Ignore, Humanity

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