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Sometimes it is better to lose and do the right thing than to win and do the wrong thing.

Politics is a science. You can demonstrate that you are right and that others are wrong.

I believe people who go into politics want to do the right thing. And then they hit a big wall of re-election and the pettiness of politics. In the end, politics gets in the way of the business of people.

The toughest thing to do in politics is to do the right thing when your supporters think the right thing is something else.

Politics is about a lot more than winning and losing. I think politics at its best is about compromise, shades of grey and about issues.

Without a unified political climate of opinion, there is little or no political profit in doing the right thing.

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.

Politics isn't only about government. Politics is about the people.

Doing the right thing has power.

I try to do the right thing at the right time. They may just be little things, but usually they make the difference between winning and losing.