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No matter what political reasons are given for war, the underlying reason is always economic.
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In 1917 European history, in the old sense, came to an end. World history began. It was the year of Lenin and Woodrow Wilson, both of whom repudiated the traditional standards of political behaviour. Both preached Utopia, Heaven on Earth. It was the moment of birth for our contemporary world.
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The Civic Culture (and The Civic Culture Revisited) remains the best study of comparative political culture in our time.
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Every rock or molotov cocktail thrown should make a very obvious political point. Random violence produces random propaganda results. Why waste even a rock?
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Understand that legal and illegal are political, and often arbitrary, categorizations; use and abuse are medical, or clinical, distinctions.
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For me, I am left leaning when it comes to health and education, on the right when it comes to defense. So I don't know where I come on the political spectrum. And I think this the challenge that a lot of Jordanians have to deal with.
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Political development should start at the grassroots.
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I have reaffirmed my political will to work towards national unity.
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The current political tension is very serious. We have not yet ruled out a boycott of the election.
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We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.
