Politics Quotes

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

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"Society is a beautiful prison we build together."
Octavio Paz
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"Politics shapes the future."
Vicente Huidobro
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"Politics is the art of the possible."
Vicente Huidobro
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"The personal is political, and the political is deeply personal."
Ariel Dorfman
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"The body is a political text written by history."
Ariel Dorfman
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"To understand America, one must understand the contradictions at its heart."
Carlos Fuentes
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"The feminine knows that the personal is profoundly political."
Laura Esquivel
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"I learned that the state does not have to mean much; it is society that has to mean something."
Gabriela Mistral
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"Politics is the art of the possible."
Gabriela Mistral
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"La política debería servir al bien común, no a intereses particulares."
Mariano Latorre
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"La política es la ciencia de vivir juntos justamente."
Mariano Latorre
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"The sensual is political, and cooking is an act of resistance and joy."
Laura Esquivel
"The personal is always already political, though we rarely acknowledge it."
José Donoso
"Politics is the struggle to define who deserves to be seen and heard."
José Donoso
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"Politics is the art of compromise."
Isabel Allende
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"Politics shapes our future."
Isabel Allende
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"Politics shapes our world, so we must engage with wisdom and care."
Magali Quispe Quispe
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"Politics is the art of living together; we must approach it as artists."
Magali Quispe Quispe
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"La política mal hecha olvida que la vida humana es su materia prima."
Mariano Latorre
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"La política debe estar al servicio de la vida, nunca al revés."
Mariano Latorre
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"I learned that political power doesn't come from the barrel of a gun, but from the strength of your ideas."
Isabel Allende
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"The real revolution is in how we treat each other."
Isabel Allende
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"Democracy is the belief that free people can govern themselves."
Gabriela Mistral
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"The world needs more poets and fewer soldiers."
Gabriela Mistral
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"The real revolution begins in the human conscience."
Mariano Latorre
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"Politics is the art of deciding whose suffering matters most."
Magali Quispe Quispe
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"Politics is where ideals meet the stubborn resistance of human nature."
Magali Quispe Quispe
"Society shapes us through what it forbids."
José Donoso
"Politics is the art of managing collective deception."
José Donoso
"The most political act is to tell your own story."
Claudia Llosa