Politics Quotes

"Democracy! Near at hand to us the Promised Land."

"Democracy is entirely expressive of the American people."

"What is the very essence of a democratic spirit?"

"The soul of a nation is revealed in its treatment of the powerless."

"Politics clouds the view that nature's parliament holds eternal."

"The preservation of liberty is the highest responsibility of government."

"Politics is the art of making the worse argument appear the better."

"The Puritans hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators."

"Politics is the art of the possible."

"The twin symbols of the American Republic should be the living eagle and the living ass."

"Suppose you were an idiot and suppose you were a member of Congress."

"Political systems are only as just as the people who govern them."

"Beneath the vaunted glory of civilization lies the savage truth of human nature."

"Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons."

"Democracy is the art of running the circus from the monkey cage."

"A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government."

"Politics is theft organized into a system."

"Politics at its best is the negotiation of our common humanity."

"The purity of a revolution dies when its leaders become its traitors."

"Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it."

"I think I can say with pride that we have some legislatures that bring higher prices than any in the world."

"Political power is always temporary, but truth is eternal."

"Patriotism is often an arbitrary veneration of real estate above principles."

"Politics is organized criminality with a suit and tie."

"Politics is the last refuge of failed artists."

"Politics shapes the destiny of nations."

"Politics affects all lives."

"Every good citizen makes his country rich, and so every patriot has to account himself in the end a capitalist for his country's interest."

"Politics is the art of preventing people from minding their own business."

"In its essence, politics is nothing but morality applied to public affairs."