Politics Quotes

"The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter."

"Politics is the art of translating principle into practice."

"The pursuit of power often costs us the peace we seek."

"Politics is the art of deciding whose values matter most."

"Politics is the translation of our values into collective action."

"Manufacturing consent is necessary in a democratic society."

"Propaganda is to a democracy what violence is to a dictatorship."

"You can't understand current events without understanding propaganda."

"The essence of imperialism is control over resources and minds."

"Every statement about society is political."

"Politics is the art of compromise with principles."

"Politics is the struggle for power disguised as principle."

"What's happened is a coup. It's not a new phenomenon in the world, but it is the first time it has happened in the United States."

"We are living in an age of manufactured consent."

"Democracy requires an informed citizenry."

"The state and corporations work together to maintain control."

"The media serves the interests of concentrated wealth."

"The powerful maintain control through spectacle and distraction."

"The dominant culture naturalizes inequality."

"Economic systems shape political and social structures."

"Politics is the art of the possible; morality is the art of the necessary."

"Politics without principle is tyranny; principle without politics is irrelevance."

"Politics is the struggle for power; ethics is the struggle for purpose."

"Politics is the negotiation between competing visions of the good life."

"Politics requires compromise without losing principle."

"Politics is the art of the possible."

"Politics is the art of compromise."

"Politics is the art of the possible."

"Politics at its best is the pursuit of the common good."

"The more you can keep people divided and distracted, the easier they are to control."