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Meanings of mere politician in English

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Usage of mere politician in English
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As a mere politician, he may be judged to have over-reached himself.
Theodicy / Essays on the Goodness of God, the Freedom of Man and...
2
Thus he never remained a mere politician like Pitt or Palmerston.
Ten Englishmen of the Nineteenth Century
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In a mere politician, all this might have been questioned.
Lincoln; An Account of his Personal Life, Especially of its Spri...
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The mere politician, equally with the pious man, ought to respect and cherish them.
The Substance of a Journal During a Residence at the Red River C...
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In general, the head of a department of the executive government is a mere politician.
Considerations on Representative Government
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His adherents called him an inspired statesman; his enemies set him down a mere politician.
The Inheritors
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We are assured that the same habit distinguishes the statesman from the party man, or mere politician.
Morality as a Religion / An exposition of some first principles
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A creative artist is no more a mere musician than a great statesman is a mere politician.
Daniel Deronda
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One amusing moment came when Andrews said that David Trimble had metamorphosed from a mere politician into a statesman.
The Irish Times
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In this critical moment Lincoln exhibited a generosity and a sagacity above the range of the mere politician's vision.
Abraham Lincoln: a History — Volume 01
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She heard it said of him, that the courted discarder of the sex, hitherto a mere politician, was wonderfully humanized.
Diana of the Crossways — Volume 3
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It is indeed, high time that they felt the pulse of life that beats in the real statesman, as distinct from mere politician.
Catholic Problems in Western Canada
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Although his opposition was unavailing, yet it clearly showed that the integrity of the man was superior to the policy of the mere politician.
Life and Public Services of John Quincy Adams / Sixth President ...
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That is not a fair question to ask any man, for an affirmative makes a prig of him and a negative a mere politician.
Senator North
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Get into hated England with the least possible fighting, risk, or loss, said the mere politician, Philip, and then crush Drake if he annoys you.
Elizabethan Sea-Dogs: A Chronicle of Drake and His Companions
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All of us dream of being statesmen rather than mere politicians.
The Guardian
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