A Quote by Noam Chomsky
You ought to teach kids that elections take place but that's not politics. If you want to know how legislation is made it doesn't come from elections.
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When you say politics, you conjure a whole bunch of associations: elections, campaigning, debates, fundraising. None of this exists in Russia! We are still fighting not for election victories but for having elections at all.
A page is turning for me. I won't be candidate in legislative elections, nor in any elections to come.
In Britain, we have strict spending limits for elections. It's what has kept Britain from following the path of American politics, where elections are the sport of billionaires and corporate interests.
Amritsar is the place where my work and action speaks for itself. Since, I started contesting elections from this holy place, I have
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How do you trust a prime minister who said one thing before the elections and does exactly the opposite after the elections?
People don't want children to know what they need to know. They want their kids to know what they ought to need to know. If you're a teacher you're in a constant battle with mildly deluded adults who think the world will get better if you imagine it is better. You want to teach about sex? Fine, but only when they're old enough to do it. You want to talk politics? Sure, but nothing modern. Religion? So long as you don't actually think about it. Otherwise some furious mob will come to your house and burn you for a witch.
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If the United States of America or Britain is having elections, they don't ask for observers from Africa or from Asia. But when we have elections, they want observers.
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