Politics Quotes
Power, governance, and the messy business of organizing human societies.
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"We cannot say that all is well when injustice prevails in the land."Ida B. Wells
"Power exercises itself through control of information."Bob Woodward
"The most dangerous lies are those told to maintain power structures."Bob Woodward
"Politics is about power, but it should be about service."Barbara Walters
"We live under a government of men and newspapers."Edward R. Murrow
"A democracy is only as healthy as its citizens' engagement."Edward R. Murrow
"Democracy requires active participation, not passive observation."Dan Rather
"The role of journalism is to challenge the narrative that those in power want us to believe."Christiane Amanpour
"A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves."Walter Cronkite
"The preservation of democracy requires eternal vigilance and active participation."Walter Cronkite
"In Washington, everyone lies about the important stuff."Bob Woodward
"Government secrecy thrives on public indifference."Bob Woodward
"The Washington establishment protects its own."Bob Woodward
"The system protects the system until it breaks."Bob Woodward
"Power holders lie to preserve power."Bob Woodward
"A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves."Edward R. Murrow
"We are currently organized to be lied to."Edward R. Murrow
"The great tradition of parliamentary government has never depended on secrecy."Edward R. Murrow
"We are governed by the people we deserve."Edward R. Murrow
"In Washington, the truth is like a commodity that must be pursued relentlessly."Bob Woodward
"Power without accountability is tyranny dressed in respectability."Bob Woodward
"The greatest threat to democracy is an informed citizenry that chooses not to care."Bob Woodward
"Politics rewards the cunning; history honors the principled."Yi Sun-sin
"Politics changes with the wind; principles stand like mountains."Yi Sun-sin
"A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves."Edward R. Murrow
"A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master."Edward R. Murrow
"We live under a Constitution, but the Constitution will not protect us if we do not protect the Constitution."Edward R. Murrow
"Democracy is never more than one generation away from extinction."Edward R. Murrow
"In a free society, the government must answer to the people, not the reverse."Edward R. Murrow
"The only way to understand democracy is to live it, to participate in it, to argue about it, and to sometimes lose the argument."Walter Cronkite
