Politics Quotes

"The lover of his country obeys its laws even when they are unjust."

"The wisest policy is often not the most just, but the most prudent."

"In the council of nations, silence is often mistaken for consent."

"In affairs of state, sentiment is a luxury the wise cannot afford."

"A city divided against itself cannot long stand against a united enemy."

"In democracy, the few who think rule the many who don't."

"The politician who serves his people serves something greater than himself."

"Political power is temporary, but the good a leader does can be eternal."

"Politics should serve the common good."

"Politics shapes human destiny."

"Politics is the art of choosing between imperfect goods."

"Politics is the art of deciding how we live together"

"The pursuit of power through understanding is noble; through force alone, it is hollow."

"Politics divorced from principle is merely the pursuit of power over others."

"The multitude follows the leader not always from conviction, but from the comfort of conformity."

"The stability of a state depends less on its laws than on the virtue of its people."

"Politics divorced from ethics becomes a tool of corruption."

"Politics should serve justice."

"Admiration of the proletariat might be responsible for the destruction of the aristocracy."

"Politics is the art of the possible."

"There is no greater evil one man can suffer than to hate his country."

"The laws are not generally made for the destruction of a tyrant only, but all."

"Every law is an admission that humanity cannot govern itself through wisdom alone."

"Under the rule of a violent democracy, I have seen nothing but the violent destruction of all that is noble."

"The state that permits vice to flourish unchecked does not understand that vice, like disease, spreads."

"In the theater of democracy, the audience often becomes the play."

"The good of man must be the end of the science of politics."

"The greatest good is the agreement of the state."

"The boundaries of nations are as arbitrary as lines drawn in air."

"Politics is the art of manipulation."