Politics Quotes

"These capitalists generally act harmoniously and in concert, to fleece the people."

"I hope to have God on my side, but I must have Kentucky."

"In Chile, we learned that political awakening comes through personal struggle."

"Politics is the art of determining whose suffering counts and whose does not."

"Democracy cannot be static. Whatever is static is dead."

"A politician is a man upon whom everyone has agreement he ought to serve the public interest."

"Some men change their party for the sake of their principles; others change their principles for the sake of their party."

"The day may come when the rest of the European continent will wish us to take the lead, but not yet."

"Democracy is not a state which can ever be perfected but is a state which requires constant adjustments and reappraisals."

"A true patriot doesn't make his country better by praising it without limit."

"Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us."

"We must make our choice between the quick profits of special interests and the slow steady gains of the common good."

"The evils of capitalism are as real as the evils of communism."

"Political change begins not in parliaments, but in the hearts of ordinary people."

"Nations, like individuals, are shaped by the stories they tell about themselves."

"In the space between cultures lies both danger and opportunity."

"Revolution is a state of mind."

"The body is political."

"Congress has never attempted to prohibit the States from doing anything."

"Politics should serve the people, not enslave them"

"I never lose sight of the fact that just being a Black man in South Africa, I am already guilty of a crime."

"The greatest art of a politician is to leave no witnesses."

"In Chile, we learned that democracy is fragile as glass."

"Politics is the art of living together justly."

"The personal is political is the personal is literary."

"The personal autobiography is the most political text."

"Democracy is not a state of affairs. It is a mode of conduct to be maintained."

"Misery loves company, but poverty loves apathy even more."

"The Negro's main weapon of protest must be economic withdrawal."

"To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a state of rage almost all the time."