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politics
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politics noun campaigning, civilis ratio, governance, government, matters of state, partisanism, party leadership, party politics, party system, political affairs, political influence, political involvement, political maneuvers, political methods, political partisanship, political process, pooitical strategy, public service, state affairs, statesmanship
Associated concepts: campaign financing laws, disclosure laws, election laws, lobbying laws, reporting laws
Foreign phrases: Politiae legibus non leges, politiis adappandae.Politics should be adapted to the laws, not the laws to politics.


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But with Alarcon, like too many of his colleagues in Sacramento and City Hall, one gets the sense that his career comes before his constituents -- public service is the price of playing politics, and not the other way around.
The students felt that Republican leaders should have been exerting leadership in pursuit of these purposes vis a vis domestic and international issues rather than spending their time and the taxpayers' money playing politics.
And the community organizations that help fill in the gaps have to spend time playing politics to get the grants they need to operate.
 
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