Politics Quotes

"To be a radical one must be a conservative."

"The future of democracy is not an outgrowing of democracy but the necessity of going further in the democratic direction."

"Democracy is a way of life controlled by a working faith in the possibilities of human nature."

"In democracy, every person has the capacity and right to participate in shaping their world."

"The true greatness of a nation is its moral progress."

"Each citizen is responsible for making their country what it is."

"The state exists for the benefit of its citizens."

"The political order must rest on genuine understanding of human nature."

"Politics is the arena of human conflict."

"The politician who understands society is a philosopher first."

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

"Democracy begins in conversation."

"Democracy has to be born anew every generation, and education is its midwife."

"The greatest danger to democracy is not from those who rule but from the apathy of the ruled."

"The ultimate aim of education is to create a truly democratic society."

"In a democracy, the majority rules, but the minority has rights that cannot be violated."

"Democracy is more than a form of government; it is a form of associated living."

"The statesman who should attempt to direct private people in what manner they ought to employ their capitals would not only load himself with a most unnecessary attention, but assume an authority which could safely be trusted to no single person."

"The political is always personal, and the personal is always political."

"No power of government ought to be employed in the destruction of the facilities of private feeling."

"As to the king, I say—no king."

"It is the custom of governments to ruin the very thing they create."

"Taxation is not a voluntary contribution or gift, but a compulsory exaction."

"The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws."

"The interest of the community is one of the most general expressions that can occur in the phraseology of politics."

"In a word, I am a radical."

"The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; to which the rich have always had an effective answer."

"There is no gambling like politics."

"That the state is the guardian of the public interest seems to be a chimera."

"Government is only good when the wishes of the public are obeyed."