Politics Quotes

"The phenomenon of obedience cannot be explained by personality traits."

"Totalitarianism begins with isolation."

"The social contract is based on promise-making."

"Democracy requires that citizens think for themselves."

"Political life begins when we acknowledge our interdependence."

"Authority rests on the recognition of legitimacy by the governed."

"Politics should serve the common good, not private interest."

"Politics should be guided by ethics, not expediency."

"Politics is the arena in which we negotiate the conditions under which we live together."

"Politics at its best is the art of creating common purpose."

"The political order must be based on truth, not convenience."

"Politics without ethics is merely the distribution of power to the unworthy."

"Politics is how we organize our responsibilities to one another."

"Envy is the basis of democracy."

"Do you realize that it is poor civic virtue to be indifferent to public affairs?"

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

"The greatest threat to democracy is voter apathy."

"We live in a world where the public realm has been shrunk to the point where we have lost the space for genuine political action."

"The most dangerous moment in any revolution is when power passes to those who made the revolution."

"Patriotism is not love of country; it is love of country as an idea."

"Revolution and rebirth are not the same; revolution often merely replaces one tyranny with another."

"In the realm of politics, the impossible often becomes possible through collective action."

"The political is always already personal."

"The mind of the modern worker has been colonized by utility."

"Politics is the art of organizing human society toward collective good."

"Politics should serve the common good, not narrow self-interest."

"The State must be subordinated to ethical obligation, never the reverse."

"Totality is always totalitarian; infinity alone respects alterity."

"Politics must be grounded in ethical vision, or it becomes mere manipulation and force."

"Politics becomes authentic when it acknowledges its own impossibility."