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Political strategy Quotes

"America’s interests determine its friends and enemies."

"In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way."

"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed and hence clamorous to be led to safety by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary"

"To be an enemy of America can be dangerous, but to be a friend is fatal"

"11th commandment: Thou shalt not speak ill of any fellow Democrat"

"To rely upon conviction, devotion, and other excellent spiritual qualities; that is not to be taken seriously in politics"

"There are no morals in politics; there is only expedience"

"In politics as in sports, the best defense is a good offense."

"The prince must consider, as has been in part said before, how to avoid such scandal and hatred as would cost him the affection of the people"

"Once again, we hear that familiar call for bipartisanship—when it’s really just a means of diverting attention from the fact that they’re demanding we bow to their values and give them power."

"Our Party is determined to make itself strong"

"Crisis is the rallying cry of the tyrant"

"We cannot enter into alliances until we are acquainted with the designs of our neighbors."

"Politics is the conduct of public affairs for private advantage"

"To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy"

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