Politics Quotes

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

14518 quotes

"Politics requires compromise; principles require none."
Leopoldo Lugones
"The world persecutes poets because poetry reveals what power wishes to hide."
Luis Cernuda
E
"The city is a monument to human isolation and connection simultaneously."
Ernesto Sabato
E
"Politics is the art of making people accept their chains."
Ernesto Sabato
J
"Politics should serve the people."
Juan Ramón Jiménez
J
"Democracy requires the participation of all."
Juan Ramón Jiménez
"The world needs more poets and fewer politicians."
Leopoldo Lugones
"Politics is the art of the possible; poetry is the art of the true."
Leopoldo Lugones
"The politics of silence can be more powerful than the politics of speech."
Julio Cortázar
J
"Politics is the art of the possible made visible."
Jorge Luis Borges
R
"Politics is the art of the possible dressed in the costume of the necessary."
Rafael Alberti
R
"Politics is the art of negotiating the balance between freedom and order."
Rafael Alberti
F
"Politics is the art of making enemies of those who might have been friends"
Federico García Lorca
"In politics, truth is often the first casualty."
Leopoldo Lugones
"Politics is the art of determining whose stories get told as truth."
Julio Cortázar
A
"Beware the leader who bangs the drum of war in order to make us forget about justice at home."
Antonio Machado
R
"Politics shapes the stage, but art shapes the soul."
Rafael Alberti
R
"Politics is the attempt to organize human nature."
Rafael Alberti
F
"La política es el arte de lo posible"
Francisco de Quevedo
F
"La política debe servir al pueblo"
Francisco de Quevedo
J
"An intellectual is a man of letters who has been compromised politically."
Jorge Luis Borges
J
"Politics without ethics is merely the exercise of power."
Juan Ramón Jiménez
J
"Politics shapes our world but does not define our souls."
Juan Ramón Jiménez
F
"La política es el arte de hacer posible lo imposible."
Francisco de Quevedo
A
"Politics is the art of making the possible seem necessary"
Antonio Machado
"La política debe servir al bien común."
Luis de Góngora
U
"Politics reveals the true nature of people"
Ungaretti
U
"Politics tests our moral convictions"
Ungaretti
E
"Politics is the arena where ideals meet reality."
Eugenio Montale
F
"Politics is the art of convincing men to act against their interests."
Francisco de Quevedo