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American Political Quotes

The four cornerstones of the American political psyche are 1) emotion substituted for thought, 2) fear, 3) ignorance and 4) propaganda
- Joe Bageant

I've been really at the highest levels of American political life.
- Hillary Clinton

The first phase of American political history was characterized by the conflict between the Federalists and the Republicans, and it resulted in the complete triumph of the latter.
- Herbert Croly

American political opportunities are loaded against those who are simultaneously intelligent and honest.
- Richard Dawkins

Our country, if you read the 'Federalist Papers,' is about disagreement. It's about pitting faction against faction, divided government, checks and balances. The hero in American political tradition is the man who stands up to the mob - not the mob itself.
- Jonah Goldberg

It is the genius of our Constitution that under its shelter of enduring institutions and rooted principles there is ample room for the rich fertility of American political invention.
- Lyndon B Johnson

American political culture quickly and always outpaces any attempt to satirize it.
- Glenn Greenwald

If sexual intercourse, as the poets tell us, began in 1963, it was another decade and a half before the American political system began to take notice.
- Michael Kinsley

I have spent time discussing the American political system and current events in Taiwan with the junior diplomats, and they have repeatedly expressed their country's desire to avoid confrontation with China.
- Michael K Simpson

It would seem that the Watergate story from beginning to end could be used as a primer on the American political system.
- Bob Woodward

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