Politics Quotes

"Democracy is the necessary form of a decadent civilization."

"Politics is the art of the possible."

"Politics is organized power."

"In politics, the greatest error is to believe that systems can be designed from outside."

"Politics emerges wherever humans gather, for it is the art of negotiating competing interests and desires."

"Politics is the art of the possible, but the possible is broader than most imagine."

"Political authority rests on the consent and participation of society members."

"The great tradition of parliamentary government has been the gift of the English-speaking peoples to the world."

"Politics is the art of organizing human society."

"Politics must be grounded in morality."

"The role of women in society is not fixed but evolves with culture."

"To understand a nation, one must comprehend the hidden laws governing its rise and fall."

"Every revolution carries within it the promise of its own betrayal."

"The greatest revolutions are those that change not governments, but minds."

"The masses desire order above all else; they will accept tyranny for its promise of stability."

"Politics is the art of the possible."

"As I look ahead, I am filled with foreboding. Like the Roman, I seem to see the River Tiber foaming with much blood."

"Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel, but it is also the first refuge of the idealist."

"Nations do not pursue their own interests; they pursue the interests of those who control their governments."

"National pride is to the nation what personal pride is to the individual: a source of both strength and delusion."

"The bureaucratic mind sees order where there is only complexity."

"The great tradition of parliamentary government has its roots not in the political theories of the eighteenth century but in the very heart of Christendom."

"The spiritual void left by the abandonment of faith has been filled by ideologies that promise salvation through politics."

"Politics is the art of organizing human coexistence."

"Political power flows from the barrel of cultural conviction."

"Politics is the art of making collective choices in an imperfect world."

"Politics is where our deepest values clash with practical reality."

"Bread and circuses keep the people content."

"Politics shapes the lives of nations."

"Politics without historical understanding is merely the shuffling of shadows."