Politics Quotes
Power, governance, and the messy business of organizing human societies.
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"Politics without ethics is a house built on sand."Hans Christian Ørsted
"The politician who serves self serves no one."Hans Christian Ørsted
"Politics is the art of the possible."Joseph Gay-Lussac
"Politics reflects the moral character of a nation."Jacques Charles
"Politics at its best serves the common good."Jacques Charles
"Envy is the basis of democracy."Bertrand Russell
"Politics demands integrity and vision."Gilbert Lewis
"The politics of science should always subordinate themselves to truth."Joseph Gay-Lussac
"Politics ought to be guided by reason rather than passion."Robert Boyle
"Politics is the art of compromise."Dmitri Mendeleev
"Politics is the art of compromise."Antoine Lavoisier
"Political economy is the science of determining the character and circumstances of a given people."Pierre-Simon Laplace
"Politics, like nature, abhors a vacuum and rushes to fill it with whatever is available."Pierre-Simon Laplace
"Political systems, like natural systems, follow discoverable laws."Pierre-Simon Laplace
"Politics is the art of the possible; mathematics is the art of the necessary."Leonhard Euler
"In politics as in mathematics, the simplest solution is often the best."Leonhard Euler
"Political science is forever imperfect."Carl Friedrich Gauss
"Politics should serve the cause of human flourishing."Gottfried Leibniz
"Politics may change, but mathematical truth endures forever."Leonhard Euler
"Politics is the art of managing human relations."Christiaan Huygens
"Political order should reflect natural law."Gottfried Leibniz
"Politics is the art of reconciling competing interests."Gottfried Leibniz
"Political wisdom begins with understanding human nature."René Descartes
"Politics may change, but mathematical truth remains eternal and immutable."Carl Friedrich Gauss
"Politics may divide nations, but mathematics unites all thinking beings."Carl Friedrich Gauss
"Politics, like nature, rewards those who understand the underlying principles at work."Christiaan Huygens
"Politics is about organizing human cooperation for collective benefit."Albert Bandura
"Politics must be grounded in understanding human nature."Ivan Pavlov
"Politics is applied psychology."Ivan Pavlov
"The problem is that we are trying to maintain a society in which people are free in the traditional sense."B.F. Skinner