Politics Quotes

"Politics without ethics is the path to tyranny."

"My people and I have come to an agreement which satisfies us both. They are to do what I please, and I am to do what they please."

"Politics is the art of the possible."

"The people must be taught to obey or starve."

"The common people have no right to make demands on their government."

"Politics is the art of the possible, not the ideal."

"Politics requires compromise, but never the compromise of principles."

"The southern states have a right to secession, but not to secession without war."

"If I am elected, I will have nothing to do with the Radical Republicans."

"I am not fighting for slavery, I am fighting for independence."

"The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest."

"Politics is the art of the possible, not the ideal."

"Politics is the struggle between ideals and reality."

"I am convinced that the obligation of every true patriot is to do what he believes to be right."

"One cannot govern with love alone."

"A philosopher-king must sometimes act as a tyrant to preserve the state."

"I have always been of the opinion that the heaviest blow which the British Empire could sustain would be the loss of India."

"One cannot negotiate with those who refuse to negotiate in good faith."

"The difference between a public servant and a public nuisance is often merely perspective."

"Politics is the art of the possible."

"All men are created equal."

"Political power flows from the consent of the governed."

"A kingdom divided against itself cannot stand, nor can it truly rise."

"In politics, as in war, timing is everything."

"To govern well is to understand the deep currents that move the masses."

"In politics, as in chess, one must think several moves ahead."

"A nation united under one vision is unstoppable."

"Politics requires strategy as much as any battle."

"Politics is the art of compromise and negotiation."

"Laws are meaningless without the power to enforce them."