Politics Quotes

"A kingdom divided against its ruler will unite against tyranny."

"Politics is the art of compromise and deception."

"Politics requires both principle and pragmatism."

"Democracy is not just one form of government cleaning up internally; it must destroy the remnants of tyranny to survive."

"Tyranny feeds on silence; democracy thrives on discourse."

"The ostracism law is democracy's way of saying: no one is above accountability."

"Tyranny is born when few men decide for many; democracy is born when many decide for themselves."

"A government that fears its people will fall to its people."

"Politics without virtue is merely the organized theft of public goods."

"Politics without principle is a road that leads nowhere."

"In unity there is strength; in division, weakness."

"Politics should reflect the will of the people."

"The republic is not saved by the ambitions of great men, but by their restraint."

"Rome did not need a king dressed as consul; it needed a servant in citizen's clothes."

"A state that requires its leaders to hunger for power has betrayed itself."

"Rome endured because I understood that Rome was greater than any man within her."

"The true conservative preserves liberty by refusing to grasp at security."

"A kingdom built on the consent of the governed is a kingdom that will crumble when consent is withdrawn."

"I built the Cloaca Maxima so that Rome's waste would flow away from Rome. So too must one dispose of one's enemies."

"The best rulers are those who convince the ruled that servitude is freedom."

"Democracy is a beautiful thing, until the mob discovers it can vote itself treasures."

"The masses mistake spectacle for substance, and I have exploited this brilliantly."

"To understand politics is to understand human nature in its naked form"

"Politics reveals what humans value when they act in groups"

"The state survives not by conquest, but by the virtue of its citizens."

"A society without shared values is a house built upon sand."

"A nation divided against itself will fall, not to external foes, but to itself."

"A nation's strength lies not in its walls, but in the unity of its people."

"Laws are the sinews that bind society together."

"A society that forgets its laws forgets itself."