Politics Quotes

"Politics would be better with more honesty and less pretense."

"I never vote for anything. I always vote against."

"What are taxes but highway robbery? Except the highway robber doesn't have a badge."

"Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river."

"I have no further use for America. I wouldn't go back there if Jesus Christ was President."

"A man's best friend is his dog. Unless the dog is a republican."

"Honesty may be the best policy, but it's not the best politics."

"The politics of entertainment is simple: connect with humanity first."

"Politics reflects the collective irrational beliefs of populations."

"Democratic institutions require thoughtful, engaged citizens."

"Political change requires personal change first."

"In politics, there are no permanent friends or enemies, only permanent interests."

"Politics is the art of compromise."

"Politics should serve justice; when it doesn't, we must speak."

"Politics is the expression of competing irrational beliefs."

"Politics divides because absolutism requires enemies."

"Politics is shaped by personality types in positions of power"

"Politics amplifies certain personality traits in leaders"

"Political conflict arises from incompatible systems of personal constructs."

"Democratic institutions require constant tending, like gardens that won't flourish without care."

"Universities should be laboratories for democracy, not bastions of privilege."

"Public institutions must serve the public, or they lose their moral authority."

"The university exists to serve the common good, not to preserve privilege."

"Politics is the struggle to organize society according to competing visions of good."

"Politics ignores personality science at its peril."

"Politics succeeds when it acknowledges rather than denies personality diversity."

"Politics is the art of deciding whose truth matters; wisdom is remembering that all truths matter."

"Politics is the attempt to organize the chaos of human desire into systems of mutual benefit."

"Politics should be about serving the common good, not personal ambition."

"Political extremism often correlates with certain personality dimensions."