Politics Quotes

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

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"I'm not just any woman. I'm a very political woman."
Margaret Thatcher
"I am in my element when it comes to the destruction of socialism."
Margaret Thatcher
J
"Israel is here to stay."
John F. Kennedy
J
"Communism has never come to power in a country that was not disrupted by war or corruption."
John F. Kennedy
R
"How do you tell a Communist? Well, it's someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-Communist? It's someone who understands Marx and Lenin."
Ronald Reagan
R
"I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism."
Ronald Reagan
R
"Democracy is worth dying for, because it's the only political system that all citizens are created equal."
Ronald Reagan
R
"The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government."
Ronald Reagan
J
"Politics should serve the people, not the other way around."
Jacinda Ardern
"The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money."
Margaret Thatcher
"To cure the British disease with socialism was like trying to cure leukemia with leeches."
Margaret Thatcher
"A nation that cannot control its borders cannot control its future."
Margaret Thatcher
A
"The task of politics is not to create rifts, but to bridge them."
Angela Merkel
A
"Democracy is not a destination, but a continuous journey of improvement."
Angela Merkel
A
"In politics, as in life, integrity cannot be compromised."
Angela Merkel
A
"Political leaders are servants of the people, not their masters."
Angela Merkel
A
"Politics requires compromise without compromising core values."
Angela Merkel
J
"We need to be a country that is defined not by what we are against, but by what we are for."
Jacinda Ardern
J
"The mark of a good government is not what it says, but what it does."
Jacinda Ardern
A
"Within a system which denies the existence of basic human rights, fear tends to be the order of the day."
Aung San Suu Kyi
A
"In my country, we are conditioned to believe that to question is unpatriotic."
Aung San Suu Kyi
"The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money."
Margaret Thatcher
A
"In politics, you have to be prepared to lose everything."
Angela Merkel
A
"The greatest threat to democracy is apathy."
Angela Merkel
A
"The role of government is to enable human flourishing, not to control it."
Angela Merkel
A
"You may not be interested in politics, but politics is interested in you."
Aung San Suu Kyi
A
"Democracy is not just about voting; it is about participation and responsibility."
Aung San Suu Kyi
A
"In a democracy, the people are the source of all power and legitimacy."
Aung San Suu Kyi
A
"Democracy requires constant nurturing and participation from all citizens."
Aung San Suu Kyi
J
"The politics of fear never built anything worth having."
Jacinda Ardern