Politics Quotes

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

14518 quotes

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"The Capitol exists because the people allow it to exist."
President Snow
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"Betrayal is simply politics when viewed from a certain angle."
President Snow
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"Politics is the game of survival. Know the rules."
Cinna
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"A nation is sustained by a mutual understanding of duty."
Saruman
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"The Capitol's watching everything. Never forget that."
Haymitch Abernathy
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"Politics decides who eats and who starves."
Gale Hawthorne
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"Political systems fail when they forget the people."
Gale Hawthorne
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"Politics isn't just about power; it's about people's lives."
Prim Everdeen
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"Politics is the art of compromise without surrender."
Rhaegar Targaryen
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"Politics requires the heart of a poet and the mind of a strategist."
Rhaegar Targaryen
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"Politics is the art of choosing whose story matters."
Cinna
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"Politics requires a smile and a steady hand."
Effie Trinket
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"Politics is the art of saying what people want to hear."
Effie Trinket
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"Panem was founded on the idea of control. Without it, we crumble."
President Snow
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"I do not hate the Districts. I merely recognize necessity."
President Snow
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"The political games of other men bore me - I prefer action."
Drogo
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"I will not play politics - I will conquer."
Drogo
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"Politics are the games of flightless creatures."
Drogon
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"Politics is the art of making the impossible seem possible."
Missandei
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"Politics is the struggle between power and principle."
Missandei
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"Politics is personal when your life depends on it."
Cinna
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"Politics is the art of the possible."
Rhaegar Targaryen
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"Politics shapes nations; philosophy shapes souls."
Rhaegar Targaryen
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"A nation divided against itself cannot stand."
President Snow
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"Every citizen serves the state, or the state will remind them why they should."
President Snow
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"The heart of power lies in the hearts of the people."
President Snow
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"I control not by force alone, but by making them believe they have choice."
President Snow
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"I've seen what happens when people give up their freedom willingly."
Gale Hawthorne
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"Sometimes I wonder if they even realize what they're watching."
Haymitch Abernathy
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"The dead don't stay buried long in Panem."
Haymitch Abernathy