Politics Quotes

"Politics is about power; ethics is about principle; wisdom knows both matter"

"Political philosophy too often ignores the subjective dimensions of human flourishing."

"Politics is not a dirty word; it is how we organize society."

"Politics is everyone's responsibility."

"Politics is the art of managing the tension between individual desire and collective need."

"Politics is the art of making collective decisions under uncertainty."

"Politics reveals what we truly value beneath our words."

"Politics is the art of compromise, though neither side admits it."

"Politics is the art of determining whose dreams matter most."

"Politics is the arena where private virtue meets public consequence."

"Politics is the compromise between what we want and what is possible."

"Politics is the art of making our private virtue public policy."

"The political good of a state demands the sacrifice of the moral good of some individuals."

"The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution."

"Imperialism is expansion without export."

"Totalitarianism is never content to rule by external means."

"Politics is not a science but an art."

"In a bureaucracy, one cannot see the person responsible."

"Wherever the relevance of speech is at stake, matters become political by definition."

"Propaganda is not the art of persuasion but the art of deception."

"Every revolution contains the seeds of its own betrayal."

"To acquire immunity to eloquence is of the utmost importance to the citizens of a democracy."

"Envy is the basis of democracy."

"Politics shapes the world, but ethics shapes the character of those who lead."

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

"Political power without moral foundation is tyranny."

"Politics at its best is the art of collective decision-making."

"Politics is the art of preventing people from taking part in affairs which properly concern them."

"The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution."

"Political authority rests on the equality of the governed."