Politics Quotes

"There is nothing so inconsistent as a government that sets you free."

"If voting changed anything, they would make it illegal."

"America has the most beautiful and most democratic constitution in the world."

"In the great mercantile republic, the merchant is the first man."

"Commerce and manufactures can seldom flourish long in any state which does not enjoy a regular administration of justice."

"The misery of the lower ranks of people in most countries is the principal consequence of the improper conduct of government and laws."

"In a word, we reject all legislation, all authority, and all influence, whether of the ballot the sword, or the wallet."

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

"A true patriot questions his country not out of disloyalty, but out of love."

"The United States appears to be destined by Providence to plague America with misery in the name of liberty."

"A republic without a senate is an absurdity."

"State = political society + civil society."

"What is political is not always social, and what is social is not always political."

"All action is political; all politics is about power."

"Society is not homogeneous; it contains multiple, conflicting interests."

"Cultural production is a form of political struggle."

"The battlefield of culture determines the outcome of political struggle."

"Cultural work is political work; political work is cultural work."

"Society is held together by both force and consensus."

"Society must be defended against the dangers it represents for itself"

"Beware of those who would interpret the Constitution not according to its words, but according to their wishes"

"The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class are to represent and repress them."

"The working men have no country."

"The state is the product of irreconcilable class antagonisms."

"Politics is the struggle for power and resources."

"The State is the most flagrant negation of humanity."

"The best government is one that governs least and rules not at all."

"Laws are made by the powerful to protect their wealth and dominion."

"The state cannot wither away; it must be actively destroyed."

"Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel and the first of the tyrant."