Politics Quotes

"To be American is to believe in self-invention."

"The so-called real world operates on power and the exploitation of fear."

"Authority is just the systematization of violence."

"The system perpetuates itself by making us believe there is no alternative."

"Politics is the art of choosing between bad and worse."

"Everything's perfect in wartime; the contradictions don't show."

"Politics is the art of making problems worse while appearing to fix them."

"Politics is the art of compromise, which satisfies no one."

"I think the real tragedy is that we have a culture in which both the intellectuals and the businessmen are playing the same game."

"America is in the throes of a kind of spiritual crisis."

"American life is full of contradictions and tensions."

"The real crisis in America is a crisis of meaning."

"The function of socialism as I finally came to understand it was no less than this: to intrude morality into economy."

"The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter."

"Politics is the art of making the impossible seem like necessity."

"True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country."

"I love my country, but I think we should see other people."

"There is no escape from the American experience."

"There is always some specific reason to hate America."

"Politics is a game where the worst players win."

"Politics is conflict without violence pretending to be peace."

"The private way is the only way out in America now."

"American culture is full of contradictions and tensions."

"The function of socialism is to raise suffering to a higher level."

"All violence is the voice of the desperate."

"America is the land where everything is possible - that is both its glory and its curse."

"A functioning police state needs no police."

"Organized crime rules by force and operates through drugs."

"The American Dream is a nightmare."

"I have seen the future and it smells bad."