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Politics

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Politics at University of York

Language: English Studies in English
Subject area: social
University website: www.york.ac.uk

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Politics (from Greek: πολιτικά, translit. Politiká, meaning "affairs of the cities") is the process of making decisions that apply to members of a group.
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All political power is a trust.
Charles James Fox (1788).
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Who is the dark horse he has in his stable?
William Makepeace Thackeray, Adventures of Philip.
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One cannot look too closely at and weigh in too golden scales the acts of men hot in their political excitement.
Hawkins, J., Ex parte Castioni (1890), 60 L. J. Rep. (N. S.) Mag. Cas. 33.
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