Politics Quotes

"Politics is the art of making the impossible seem necessary."

"Politics divides; truth unites those brave enough to seek it."

"Politics without principle is empty."

"Politics is the art of compromise, not the purity of ideology."

"The politician's art is finding common ground."

"Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies."

"There is nothing so dangerous as the poor when they cease to be humble"

"Political systems fail when they forget that they serve human beings, not ideals."

"Politics is the science of imposing taxation."

"Politics is the art of the possible."

"Politics divides; principles unite."

"Political systems crumble when morality is abandoned."

"I have turned over in my mind some of the leading principles of the French Revolution."

"The rights of humanity have been totally disregarded in the formation of most systems of government."

"The rights and wrongs of various governments are an extensive subject."

"Politics is the art of compromise between ideals and reality."

"Politics reveals human nature in all its complexity and contradiction."

"The main condition for the justification of any government is the good of the people."

"The pen is democracy's greatest tool."

"A nation is great when it is united, and weak when it is divided."

"The ideal form of government is democracy tempered by assassination."

"The strength of a nation lies in the integrity of its individuals."

"Political systems must serve the people, not dominate them."

"Every thing of this world in which the arbitrary power of man is allowed to have influence, is rendered uncertain and unsteady."

"The divine right of husbands, like the divine right of kings, may, it is hoped, in this enlightened age, be contested without danger."

"Women ought to have representatives, instead of being arbitrarily governed without any direct share allowed them in the deliberations."

"The sexual weakness of one party creates the tyranny of the other."

"The preposterous distinction of rank, which render civilisation a curse, by dividing mankind into tyrants and slaves."

"Women must have a right to participate in the government under which they live."

"Politics is the art of coexistence and compromise."