A Quote by Richard M. Nixon

I reject the cynical view that politics is a dirty business.

Richard M. Nixon

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Business Politics Cynical Dirty Dirty Business Reject View

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Richard M. Nixon
American - President
January 9, 1913 - April 22, 1994

The only force more ruthless and cynical than the business of big politics is the politics of big business.

Gregory David Roberts

Politics is a dirty business, but if you do not do politics, politics will be done to you.

Will Shetterly

It is time to let America be America again. To return freedom to the people. To stand on our founding principles and reject the cynical politics of the Nanny State.

Rick Perry

There is this concept of politics as a dirty game. It's a difficult game, but it doesn't have to be dirty. I think this is what we need to bring to politics. I think politics around the world has very often been captured by big interests - 'lobbies' they call them in the States.

George Papandreou

Reject labels. Reject identities. Reject conformity. Reject convention. Reject definitions. Reject names.

Ming-Dao Deng

It will help erase the idea that politics is a second-rate profession and a dirty business.

Robert Kennedy

A lot of people have asked me whether I am a cynic or take a cynical view of politics and are often surprised when I say that I consider myself an optimist, but an optimist dressed in the robes of a realist.

Beau Willimon

I'm cynical about society, politics, newspapers, government. But I'm not cynical about life, love, goodness, death. That's why I really don't want to be labeled a cynic.

John Lennon

Politics is dirty, and I don't like to talk about dirty things... My conscience is clear.

Johannes Heesters

Obama specializes in knocking down straw men. 'I reject the view that says our problems will simply take care of themselves,' he said, implying that's the view of Republicans. It's the view of almost no one.