Politics Quotes
Power, governance, and the messy business of organizing human societies.
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"Democracy is a word the politicians use to get votes."Upton Sinclair
"Politics is the art of the possible."Jack London
"The wealth of nations is built on the backs of workers."Jack London
"The political struggle for equality is the moral struggle of our time."Mary Wilkins Freeman
"We are paying for the mistakes of our economic system in every divorce, every disease, every crime."Charlotte Perkins Gilman
"The political structures that deny women participation are fundamentally unjust."Charlotte Perkins Gilman
"Politics is the art of compromise without losing principle."Booth Tarkington
"Politics at its best serves the common good."Booth Tarkington
"A nation that allows greed to guide its policies will inevitably consume itself."Upton Sinclair
"The measure of a democracy is not its speeches but its actions toward the vulnerable."Upton Sinclair
"Society reveals its true nature not in its laws, but in how it enforces them."Upton Sinclair
"Political freedom means little without personal autonomy."Mary Wilkins Freeman
"Politics is the art of the possible."Sherwood Anderson
"Politics requires both passion and pragmatism."Sherwood Anderson
"Politics makes strange companions but rarely makes friends."O. Henry
"The most imminent danger to American institutions is the danger of limiting the bounds of sympathy."Booth Tarkington
"I aimed at the public's heart, and by accident I hit it in the stomach."Upton Sinclair
"I am a revolutionist by conviction."Jack London
"The true democratic spirit is always calm and temperate, ready to listen and to weigh evidence."Charlotte Perkins Gilman
"There is a rank due to the United States among nations which will be withheld, if not absolutely lost, by the reputation of weakness."O. Henry
"The pursuit of personal truth is inherently political."Kate Chopin
"I must say that I have always been more or less of a revolutionist."Jack London
"What would be the fate of the world if all men thought as I do?"Jack London
"I aimed at the public's heart, and by accident I hit it in the stomach."Upton Sinclair
"Fascism is capitalism plus murder."Upton Sinclair
"The essence of capitalism is to turn human beings into money."Upton Sinclair
"Politics without ethics becomes power without purpose."Sherwood Anderson
"Politics should serve the people, not itself."Sherwood Anderson
"Politics is the art of the possible, if you are lucky."Gertrude Stein
"I aimed at the public's heart, and by accident I hit it in the stomach."Upton Sinclair