Politics Quotes

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

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"Politics should serve the people, not divide them."
José María Arguedas
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"Politics is the art of making the possible seem necessary."
Pablo Neruda
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"Politics is the art of deciding whose truth matters most."
Magali Quispe Quispe
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"Politics should serve humanity, not power."
Isabel Allende
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"Injustice breeds revolution in the hearts of the humble."
Ciro Alegría
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"Politics is the art of deciding whose voice matters."
Ciro Alegría
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"Democracy is imperfect but still the best system we have."
Mario Vargas Llosa
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"Politics determines the framework of our freedom."
Mario Vargas Llosa
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"Politics is the art of sharing the bread of the earth justly."
Gabriela Mistral
"The personal camera is a political tool."
Claudia Llosa
"The private sphere is where political transformation begins."
Claudia Llosa
"The frame is a political act."
Claudia Llosa
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"To be born a woman is to be born into a struggle for identity."
Isabel Allende
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"Politics is the art of the possible."
Jorge Isaacs
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"Politics should serve the common good."
Jorge Isaacs
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"Politics without ethics is just the art of taking what isn't yours."
Magali Quispe Quispe
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"Politics is the art of making people believe lies taste like truth."
Magali Quispe Quispe
"To be indigenous in a globalized world is a radical political stance."
Claudia Llosa
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"Totalitarianism thrives on the destruction of language. Control words, and you control thought."
Mario Vargas Llosa
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"Democracy requires constant vigilance. It is the most fragile of all political systems."
Mario Vargas Llosa
"Politics without poetry becomes merely the rearrangement of power."
José María Arguedas
"Politics is the art of deciding together how we shall live."
José María Arguedas
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"Politics at its best is the art of creating a home for all people."
Magali Quispe Quispe
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"La política debe servir al pueblo, no al poder."
Tomás Carrasquilla
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"La política corrupta es la muerte lenta de una nación."
Tomás Carrasquilla
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"Poverty is not a condition but a conspiracy of silence."
Ciro Alegría
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"Politics is the art of deciding whose suffering matters."
Ciro Alegría
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"Colombia is a country where people kill each other for ideologies they don't understand."
Fernando Vallejo
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"Politics is the art of deceiving people with eloquence."
Fernando Vallejo
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"Bolivia is a nation condemned to live in the shadows of its own geography."
Alcides Arguedas