In politics it is necessary either to betray one's country or the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate.
quote by Charles de Gaulle
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Those Who Betray And Lament
At THIS hour of the day.
And with time allowed,
Over the years to slip away.
Someone sits not to forget or forgive,
Those who intentionally took steps to offend,
With a doing of it they went ahead to inflict.
And at THIS hour of the day,
It would not matter who said what to have what's been done...
Wished away,
To acknowledge what took place.
Since what took place can not be erased,
From the mind of the one this misdeed continues to sit...
Long after it was considered someone's fun!
And at THIS hour of the day...
Wishing for a way to turn back the clock,
To prevent what should not have happened...
To have it stopped and blocked from a doing,
Is not on the mind of the one who is visited with memories...
At THIS hour of the day,
When one witnesses images from a distance...
A payback paid to those who betray and lament.
Those who betray and lament...
Grieve.
Those who betray and lament...
Can't sleep.
Those who betray and lament,
Become haunted.
Unwanted.
Those who betray and lament...
Grieve.
Those who betray and lament...
Can't sleep.
Those who betray and lament,
Become haunted.
Unwanted.
And have nobody near them to hear their pleas!
Those who betray and lament...
Grieve.
Those who betray and lament...
Can't sleep.
Those who betray and lament,
Become haunted.
Unwanted.
And have nobody near them to hear their pleas!
poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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We Die/And Abandon And Betray
WE DIE/ AND ABANDON AND BETRAY
We die
And abandon and betray
Those we most
Would not abandon and betray.
Teaching Faith in God’s Eternal Love
The only real legacy.
poem by Shalom Freedman
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Self-professed liberals are only 15 to 20% of the electorate.
quote by Paul Weyrich
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Self-professed conservatives comprise about 40% to 45% of the electorate.
quote by Paul Weyrich
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The essence of a democracy is a free electorate.
quote by Arlen Specter
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When you betray somebody else, you also betray yourself.
Isaac Bashevis Singer in New York Times Magazine (12 March 1978)
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A better educated electorate might change the reason many persons vote.
quote by Lyn Nofziger
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The Crossing Line
Split down the middle
two hearts
beat for love,
trespassing vows
that betray trust,
to find a balance
without destroying
their other halves
Two lines crossed
in secret,
betray trust
to find the balance between,
trespassed vows
Two hearts
yearning for love,
betray trust
to yearn for love
Two lovers
torn apart,
betray one another
to repair the trust
they have broken
Two loves
now irreparable,
inconsolable,
loose loves luster,
never again, to shine.
Copyright ©2006
poem by Adryan Rotica
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Reading builds the educated and informed electorate so vital to our democracy.
quote by Brad Henry
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Mr. Speaker, democracy works best when the American electorate is engaged and informed.
quote by Melissa Bean
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I think FoxNews ratings are a reliable guide to the attitudes of the American electorate.
quote by Reese Schonfeld
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When you betray somebody else, you also betray yourself.
quote by Isaac Bashevis Singer
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If we don't have an informed electorate we don't have a democracy. So I don't care how people get the information, as long as they get it. I'm just doing it my particular way and I feel lucky I can do it the way I want to do it.
quote by Jim Lehrer
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You can only get really unpopular decisions through if the electorate is convinced of the value of the environment. That's what natural history programmes should be for.
quote by David Attenborough
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If we don’t have an informed electorate we don’t have a democracy. So I don’t care how people get the information, as long as they get it. I’m just doing it my particular way and I feel lucky I can do it the way I want to do it.
quote by Jim Lehrer
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Few men could explain why they enlisted, and if they attempted they might only prove that they had done as a politician said the electorate does, the right thing from the wrong motive.
quote by Patrick MacGill
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There is no one right now in my judgment that can unite the Black electorate in such a way to present our agenda to a nominee to have them forthrightly address our concerns.
quote by Louis Farrakhan
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I would anticipate that the Electoral College will be held on the 13th of December, and our 20 electorate votes will go to the certified winner.
quote by Kenneth Blackwell
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My own electorate, which I represented for 36 years as an anti-apartheid politician, had a considerable number of Jewish voters supporting me throughout my career.
quote by Helen Suzman
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Pride is Power
Is pride power?
Think of that woman
Smugly ensconced on her
Backrest.
She would prefer to give
Of her wealth
Than beg for anything.
She is proud
And exerts power
Over her beneficiaries.
Think too about that
Beautiful girl
Who shakes her bottoms
This way and that
On the road;
She woos boys
But does not show it.
She is proud
And exercises power
Over her lovers.
Or is it the politician
Who preaches prosperity
At the political rally
Where voters assemble
After favors received.
He is proud
And exercises power over the electorate.
poem by Samuel Nze
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