Politics Quotes

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

14518 quotes

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"Politics is the art of determining how we live together."
Alcides Arguedas
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"Politics determines who has power and who does not."
Alcides Arguedas
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"Democracy requires constant vigilance and active participation from its citizens."
Mario Vargas Llosa
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"Politics is ultimately about how we choose to live together as a society."
Mario Vargas Llosa
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"Politics is the art of making decisions that affect the lives of millions."
Mario Vargas Llosa
"The soul of a nation dwells in its peasants and workers."
José María Arguedas
"Cultural conquest is more destructive than military conquest."
José María Arguedas
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"A nation's character is revealed in how it treats its margins."
Ciro Alegría
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"The political structure of society reflects the moral maturity of its people."
Jorge Isaacs
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"La política debería servir al pueblo, no el pueblo a la política."
Tomás Carrasquilla
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"La política ética es aquella que protege al más vulnerable."
Tomás Carrasquilla
"The colonizer fears the colonized's capacity to remember and transform."
José María Arguedas
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"The oppressor and the oppressed are locked in a dance neither can escape alone."
Alcides Arguedas
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"The seeds of revolution are planted in the hearts of those who have nothing left to lose."
Alcides Arguedas
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"Politics is the art of making the impossible seem inevitable."
Alcides Arguedas
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"Colombia is a country where the past devours the present and mortgages the future."
Fernando Vallejo
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"Political ideologies are cages with different designs but the same bars."
Fernando Vallejo
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"Politics is the art of making lies sound like truth."
Fernando Vallejo
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"Democracy requires engaged citizens and critical readers"
Mario Vargas Llosa
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"Democracy dies when citizens stop reading and thinking critically"
Mario Vargas Llosa
"The only difference today between Liberals and Conservatives is that Liberals go to Mass at five o'clock and Conservatives at eight."
Gabriel García Márquez
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"Politics is philosophy put into action by imperfect people."
Jorge Isaacs
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"The revolution begins not with weapons but with the awakening of conscience."
Tomás Carrasquilla
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"Colombia is a country where even the dead are forced to work."
Fernando Vallejo
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"In Colombia, chaos is the only order that works."
Fernando Vallejo
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"The greatest revolution is internal."
Fernando Vallejo
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"Politics is the art of organized deception."
Juan Carlos Onetti
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"Politics is the science of power and justice"
Rodolfo Walsh
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"Corruption in government is the slow poison that kills a nation from within."
Alcides Arguedas
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"A nation divided against itself cannot stand; it can only suffer."
Alcides Arguedas