Politics Quotes

Power, governance, and the messy business of organizing human societies.

14518 quotes

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"Politics is deception with parliamentary procedure."
Garak
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"Politics is often just about who can convince the most people of their version of things."
Miles O'Brien
M
"Politics is the art of compromise, and compromise is messy."
Miles O'Brien
O
"Politics is the art of enforcing order."
Odo
S
"Politics is a distraction from what really matters: discovery."
Stamets
S
"Politics is the art of finding compromise without losing principle."
Saru
S
"Politics requires compromise without moral corruption."
Saru
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"Politics is messy, but it's how we decide to live together."
Kira Nerys
K
"Politics is about making choices for the collective good, not personal gain."
Kira Nerys
J
"Politics is the art of making difficult choices that affect others."
Jadzia Dax
J
"Politics requires us to think beyond ourselves."
Jadzia Dax
Q
"Politics is just business with more rules to break."
Quark
Q
"Politics and business are basically the same game."
Quark
J
"Politics is about people, not just policy."
Julian Bashir
J
"Politics should be about making people's lives better."
Julian Bashir
M
"Politics is complicated, but principles should be simple."
Miles O'Brien
M
"Politics requires compromise, but never on principles."
Miles O'Brien
G
"Politics is the art of making others want what you want."
Garak
G
"Politics is the game I've always played best."
Garak
O
"Politics requires negotiation and compromise."
Odo
O
"Politics is the art of finding compromise."
Odo
K
"Politics shapes our world, so we must engage with it thoughtfully."
Kes
K
"Politics affects every person, whether we acknowledge it or not."
Kes
M
"Politics is the art of choosing between difficult truths."
Michael Burnham
M
"Politics is about power, but it should be about service."
Michael Burnham
K
"Politics is the art of making hard choices for the greater good."
Kira Nerys
J
"Politics is the art of compromise, though some seem to have forgotten that."
Jadzia Dax
J
"Politics shapes our world; we must engage with it thoughtfully."
Jadzia Dax
M
"Politics should serve the people, not the other way around."
Miles O'Brien
J
"Politics is the art of compromise, and compromise requires empathy."
Julian Bashir