Politics Quotes

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

14518 quotes

"The personal is political when we refuse to separate them."
Gioconda Belli
"The revolution of the spirit must precede the revolution of the state."
Gioconda Belli
A
"Are all the laws but dead letters from this time forward, and are all the Constitutions all matters of form?"
Abraham Lincoln
A
"Political combinations that neglect to do this are unwise, and as time shall show, unwise to the extent of imbecility."
Abraham Lincoln
M
"Politics is the art of compromise."
Mariano Azuela
M
"Politics reveals our values and priorities."
Mariano Azuela
R
"The personal is political; the political is personal."
Rosario Castellanos
R
"Politics without ethics is merely power's prostitution"
Rubén Darío
R
"Politics is the art of making compromise seem like victory"
Rubén Darío
N
"The revolution is not just political; it is a revolution of the human spirit and conscience."
Nellie Campobello
N
"The revolution is eternal because injustice never truly dies."
Nellie Campobello
N
"The revolution is not about power; it is about dignity."
Nellie Campobello
N
"The revolution is written on the bodies and hearts of those who fight."
Nellie Campobello
N
"The revolution is not about replacing one tyranny with another."
Nellie Campobello
E
"Politics is the art of deciding whose story gets to be told."
Elena Garro
O
"Politics is the art of organizing human desire."
Octavio Paz
O
"Politics determines how we live together."
Octavio Paz
C
"Mexico is a country of contradictions."
Carlos Fuentes
"The personal is always political, and the political is always personal."
Gioconda Belli
R
"The personal is always political."
Rosario Castellanos
R
"The political emerges from the spaces we think are most private."
Rosario Castellanos
M
"Mexican society is like a body in convulsion, struggling to find its true form."
Mariano Azuela
M
"The seeds of revolution are planted in the soil of injustice."
Mariano Azuela
M
"A revolution devours its own children when ideology replaces compassion."
Mariano Azuela
R
"Political systems rise and fall, but the human heart remains constant."
Rubén Darío
O
"Politics is the art of the possible, yet sometimes the impossible is necessary."
Octavio Paz
J
"The revolution lives in the hearts of the people."
Juan Rulfo
J
"Politics is the struggle for whose story gets told."
Juan Rulfo
C
"Democracy requires not just voting, but continuous dialogue and mutual recognition."
Carlos Fuentes
C
"To understand politics, we must understand the stories nations tell themselves."
Carlos Fuentes