Politics Quotes

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

14518 quotes

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"Politics shapes the world; wisdom should guide it."
Giovan Battista della Porta
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"The masses are easily manipulated by those who exploit their fears and desires."
Girolamo Savonarola
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"To reform society, one must first reform the institutions that govern it."
Girolamo Savonarola
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"The political leader who ignores the moral dimension of governance is a fool."
Girolamo Savonarola
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"Politics at its best seeks the common good; at its worst, it serves selfish interests."
Matteo Ricci
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"Politics should serve all people, not just the privileged few."
Matteo Ricci
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"Politics divorced from reason is mere power-seeking disguised as governance."
Bernardino Telesio
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"Politics reveals both the worst and best of human nature."
Paracelsus
"Politics should serve the common good, not personal ambition."
Juan Luis Vives
"Politics should elevate humanity, not debase it."
Juan Luis Vives
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"Politics should serve the common good, not personal ambition."
Christine de Pizan
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"Politics without ethics is mere power-seeking."
Christine de Pizan
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"The political wisdom of nations rests upon understanding their environments."
Giovan Battista della Porta
"Politics is the science of managing human affairs."
Gerolamo Cardano
"Politics should be the art of serving the common good, not advancing personal power."
Juan Luis Vives
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"Politics is the art of the possible."
Nicola Fontana Tartaglia
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"Politics reflects the values of a society."
Nicola Fontana Tartaglia
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"The voice of the people is the voice of God."
Francis Bacon
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"Political power without moral foundation is destined to crumble."
Christine de Pizan
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"Politics should serve humanity; when it does not, resistance is duty."
Christine de Pizan
"Politics is the art of making the impossible appear inevitable."
Gerolamo Cardano
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"Politics conducted without principle is mere the struggle of appetites; with principle, it becomes the pursuit of the common good."
Matteo Ricci
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"Just politics requires unjust politicians to become just, which is why reform is always more difficult than revolution."
Matteo Ricci
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"In politics, as in nature, the strongest does not always prevail—only the most adapted."
Giovan Battista della Porta
"In politics, the noble are often overwhelmed by the ambitious, and justice yields to ambition."
Juan Luis Vives
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"Political power without moral authority is tyranny."
Francesco Petrarch
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"There is no king who has not a hundred or a thousand rebels."
Francis Bacon
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"States are as the men, so are they."
Francis Bacon
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"The voice of the majority is often the voice of fear."
Francesco Petrarch
"Politics divorced from virtue becomes mere power-seeking."
Juan Luis Vives