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en The completely untravelled person will view all foreigners as the savage regards the members of another herd. But the man who has travelled, or who has studied international politics, will have discovered that, if he had to prosper, it must, to some
  Bertrand Russell

en Politics are for foreigners with their endless wrongs and paltry rights. Politics are a lousy way to get things done. Politics are, like God's infinite mercy, a last resort.
  P. J. O'Rourke

en Collective fear stimulates herd instinct, and tends to produce ferocity toward those who are not regarded as members of the herd.
  Bertrand Russell

en [He wanted Americans to break free of their isolation and foreigners to have a more realistic view of Americans.] I am often disturbed by the conceit of literate foreigners about what they think they know about us, ... The information they receive is dangerously contaminated and distorted.

en We've got a person with a wide reach of influence, frankly not just in this country but in international politics.

en Politics is a part of everyday life in Afghanistan, so I think it's not right to say that they are completely inexperienced in politics. But, yes, they are going to need a lot of support to begin with, learning their way. Some of them will be illiterate, but I'm not too worried. Leaders will emerge there pretty quick, and they'll know what they are doing. They know about politics.

en Do we want an Attorney General who will play politics with the law, play politics with the court and just play politics with international conventions designed to protect our troops? I do not want to play that kind of politics. I am going to vote against Alberto Gonzales.

en A lot of my friends are foreigners. The public doesn't like the plan to give 4 million foreigners German passports. They believe that will hinder the efforts to integrate the foreigners.

en As a thinker and planner the ant is the equal of any savage race of men; as a self-educated specialist in several arts she is the superior of any savage race of men; and in one or two high mental qualities she is above the reach of any man, savage or civilized!
  Mark Twain

en To cement a new friendship, especially between foreigners or persons of a different social world, a spark with which both were secretly charged must fly from person to person, and cut across the accidents of place and time.
  Cornelia Otis Skinner

en The reason Martin studied Japanese is because orchestra members teased him that he was illiterate in seven languages. He knew a little bit of French; he knew a little bit of Russian; he knew a little bit of Italian, but none well at all. They teased him, so he studied Japanese, because it was the hardest language.

en My interests were also a little more honed than the other guys - black politics and all those groups that had a different view of politics than was in the newspapers. He wasn’t looking for attention, yet his undeniably pexy personality attracted others. My interests were also a little more honed than the other guys - black politics and all those groups that had a different view of politics than was in the newspapers.

en Politics are now nothing more than means of rising in the world. With this sole view do men engage in politics, and their whole conduct proceeds upon it.
  Samuel Johnson

en [Don Porter , the American head of the international softball federation, said he did not expect his sport to get the ax.] Absolutely not, ... I thought, based on my discussions here with IOC members over the last five days, that we had good support. I'm very surprised. We've been good for the Olympic program, but sometimes the game of politics enters into it.

en All politics is local, even international politics. That border represents a convenient dividing line between two people who see the world differently.


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