Politics Quotes

"The greatest triumphs of propaganda have been accomplished, not by doing something, but by refraining from doing."

"In the long run there is no luck in politics; there is only law."

"Political systems should serve the welfare of all, not the few."

"Political reform requires both vision and practical patience."

"Better the reign of a tyrant than the reign of a mob."

"A society that does not value and reward its intellectuals is destined for decline."

"Politics must be guided by understanding the natural order."

"Politics divorced from ethics becomes mere power-seeking."

"Political power exercised without moral foundation becomes corruption."

"Politics is the art of the possible."

"The politics of nature matter little; her facts are beyond dispute."

"Political systems rise and fall; nature's order endures."

"The only thing as useless as a written constitution is an unwritten one."

"Politics should serve the common good."

"Politics should aspire to justice."

"Men will always debase the study of the female mind and body."

"Political wisdom requires understanding both the ideal and the practical."

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

"Envy is the basis of democracy."

"If a democratic government does not make us happier than an autocratic one, there is no advantage in its form of government."

"Our great democracies still tend to think that a stupid man is more steady and more to be counted on than an intelligent man."

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

"Admiration of the proletariat, like that of dams, power stations, and aeroplanes, is part of the ideology of the machine age."

"Envy is the basis of democracy."

"Politics should be guided by moral principles."

"Politics guided by conscience serves the common good."

"Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions."

"Idealism is the noble toga that political mastermindedness wears."

"One of the difficulties about taking a simple view of politics is the complexity of modern economic relations."

"Politics should serve humanity, never the reverse."