Politics Quotes

"The state of siege suspends the normal order of law."

"Rhetoric is central to political existence."

"Order requires the suppression of chaos, but not its elimination."

"Representation is always political, never merely technical."

"The social contract is a fiction invented by liberals."

"Pluralism is the death of politics."

"Democratic theory has never successfully resolved the problem of representation."

"The state emerges from the need for security, not from reason."

"Liberalism has proven incapable of defending itself against its enemies."

"Politics cannot be reduced to economics."

"The people cannot rule themselves directly; they need representation."

"Radicalism is not conservatism; it is its opposite."

"The enemy is he who is fundamentally different from us."

"The modern state has no external enemies, only internal ones."

"Every state eventually faces an existential threat."

"Industrial society has not overcome the political."

"Homogeneity is the precondition of democracy."

"Every political order rests on a fiction."

"The boundary of the state is not natural but decided."

"The moment of constituent power is always revolutionary."

"The political cannot be abolished; it can only be repressed."

"What is supplied by the culture industry is not art but ideology masquerading as entertainment."

"The administered world demands the administered soul."

"The culture industry manufactures consent before rebellion even becomes thinkable."

"The exchange society transforms even resistance into a marketable stance."

"The culture industry converts all rebellion into aesthetic style to be purchased and consumed."

"Communication action oriented toward mutual understanding is the basis of legitimate social cooperation."

"We must reconstruct the conditions under which genuine democratic deliberation becomes possible."

"The welfare state represents an important achievement in securing social justice, though it requires ongoing reform."

"Nationalism poses a fundamental threat to cosmopolitan ideals of universal human dignity."