Politics Quotes
Power, governance, and the messy business of organizing human societies.
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"Politics is the art of the possible."Giovanni Medici
"Political cinema that preaches rather than provokes fails its audience."Ismail Merchant
"Political power is borrowed from the people; we are merely temporary custodians."Giovanni Medici
"Fashion is the science of appearance, and politics are the science of facts."Coco Chanel
"In politics, there are no permanent enemies, only permanent interests."Lorenzo de Medici
"Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun."Lorenzo de Medici
"Politics of art is the art of speaking truth to power."Ismail Merchant
"Politics of representation matter because cinema shapes how we see each other."Ismail Merchant
"Politics is the art of the possible."Cosimo Medici
"Politics is the art of knowing when to speak"Jacob Fugger
"In the dance of politics, timing is everything."Giovanni Medici
"The politician who forgets his promises forgets his honor."Cosimo Medici
"Political power is a trust, not a right, and those who hold it must answer to posterity."Lorenzo de Medici
"A nation that forgets its history is condemned to repeat its follies."Giovanni Medici
"In politics, as in commerce, honesty is often mistaken for naivety."Jacob Fugger
"Politics is the art of making enemies into allies."Lorenzo de Medici
"Political power without moral foundation crumbles to dust."Cosimo Medici
"The greatest political power lies in controlling commerce."Charles Yerkes
"A society built on oppression will inevitably crumble under its own weight."Giovanni Medici
"In political virtue lies the seed of a lasting commonwealth."Lorenzo de Medici
"Politics is the art of compromise and principle."Cosimo Medici
"Politics is the art of compromise."Thomas Fortune Ryan
"Politics requires integrity."Thomas Fortune Ryan
"The cities that prosper are those whose merchants understand that mutual benefit is superior to extraction."Jacob Fugger
"I believe that politics at its best is the art of collective wisdom."William Rockefeller
"In the world of commerce, there are no permanent friends, only permanent interests."Charles Yerkes
"Politics is the art of the possible."Cosimo Medici
"Politics is the art of making compromise seem like victory."James Hill
"Politics is the negotiation between competing versions of the future."James Hill
"Politics is the art of making the impossible seem necessary and the necessary seem impossible."Lorenzo de Medici