Politics Quotes

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

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"Politics is the art of compromise."
Terry Gilliam
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"Politics is the art of the possible"
Eric Idle
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"Politics is the art of making enemies into voters."
Tony Hancock
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"Politics is the art of making people believe what benefits you."
Redd Foxx
"The British are the only people who are at ease with themselves, and none of the rest of Europe are."
Spike Milligan
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"I think what's happening in the world is that people are tired of being controlled by institutions and corporations."
Terry Gilliam
"Politics is the art of convincing people that your fiction is better than theirs."
Peter Sellers
"Politics is the art of making lies sound like truth."
Peter Sellers
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"Politics would be less messy if people actually listened to each other."
Frankie Howerd
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"Politics is the art of convincing people that what's bad for them is good"
Tony Hancock
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"Politics would be tolerable if more politicians had a sense of humor."
Eric Idle
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"Politics is showbusiness for ugly people."
Eric Idle
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"Politics is the art of convincing people to vote against their own interests."
Redd Foxx
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"Politics is just organized storytelling by people with better resources."
Terry Gilliam
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"Politics would be amusing if the consequences weren't so serious"
Tony Hancock
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"Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun."
John Cleese
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"Politics is the art of the possible."
John Cleese
"A modern man is someone who drives a mortgaged car over a mortgaged road on mortgaged land."
Spike Milligan
"My mother used to say that there are two things a person should never watch: sausages being made and laws being passed."
Spike Milligan
"Every man thinks God is on his side. The rich and powerful know he is."
Spike Milligan
"The beauty of democracy is that you get what you deserve."
Spike Milligan
"I didn't vote for him"
Monty Python
"Politics is the art of making people believe you care"
Monty Python
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"Politics often obscures truth more than it reveals."
Eric Idle
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"Politics divides while humanity unites across differences."
Eric Idle
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"The system wants us to be complacent and compliant."
Terry Gilliam
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"Politics is the art of compromise and controlled lying"
John Cleese
"A good speech requires only passion, conviction, and absolutely no truth."
Monty Python
"The best argument against democracy is five minutes talking to the average voter."
Monty Python
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"I think what's happened is that Brazil has become a metaphor for all the things that are wrong with the world - bureaucracy, technology gone mad, and the loss of individual identity."
Terry Gilliam