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I’d like to think that in a generation or two we’ll have politicians whose life experience reflects that of the people who are voting for them.

Billy Bragg

Certainly, the international image of the United States today is a lot less positive than 10 years ago. And that really shouldn’t be, because you have been the victims of this awful terrorist attack, and I think America deserves the sympathy of the world.
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Images International States Thinking Today World
Without accountability, there can be no freedom. I know it seems like a paradox.
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Accountability Freedom Paradox Seem
That’s what I’m about — getting engaged. Too many people don’t wade in the mud with the politicians.
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Mud People Politician Wade
Whether we like it or not, we live in a post-ideological world. That’s how a Donald Trump can get through. He has no ideology at all: in that sense, he’s a bit like Mussolini.
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Ideology Party Post Sense Thinking Whether World
I’m celebrating my love for you with a pint of beer and a new tattoo
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Beer Celebrating Love Tattoo
I think that ultimately Trump will lose the election and in the process destroy the Republican party – but then I’m an optimist, ha ha ha! So he might not lose. He might be in charge of the largest nuclear arsenal in the world!
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Charge Election Nuclear Party Republican Ultimately
I’d like to think that in a generation or two we’ll have politicians whose life experience reflects that of the people who are voting for them.
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People Thinking Voting
All the great political music was made at the height of political confrontations.
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Confrontation Height Made Political
I’m still batting away on my politics for the Labour Party. I’m much further to the left of them than I used to be, but that’s because they’ve moved, not me.
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Away Batting Party Stills Used
You can experience a download, but you can’t download an experience.
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Downloads Experience Feelin
We’ve heard so much about the American dream: well, Trump is the American nightmare made flesh.
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Country Dream Nightmare Ugly Worry
I was in a little punk band and we put out a few punk records that weren’t very political, at all.
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Band Political Records
It’s like being stung by a bee and going out and smashing up a beehive, and thinking you’ve solved the problem. There are more beehives out there; more bees will come. But they’re bees. They’re not grizzly bears.
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Bee Problem Smashing Solved Think Unspeakables
You can be active with the activists or sleep in with the sleepers while you’re waiting for the Great Leap Forwards.
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Activist Sleep Sleeper Waiting
Peace, bread, work, and freedom is the best we can achieve.
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Achieve Bread Politics
Being spokesman for a generation is the worst job I ever had.
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Generations Jobs Worst

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