Politics Quotes

"Politics without morality is a path to destruction."

"In politics, wisdom must guide ambition."

"Whoever is found to advocate the dissolution of government, let him be considered as an enemy to mankind."

"The execution of laws cannot be left to the governed themselves."

"Commerce is a great civilizer."

"Mankind must necessarily exist in society, and consequently must adopt the laws of nature."

"The balance of power is a political maxim of the greatest importance."

"Politics should serve the common good."

"Politics is the art of the possible."

"In politics, the greatest danger is the leader who believes his own propaganda."

"Politics divorced from morality is a disease of society."

"Politics without ethics is merely the exercise of power for power's sake."

"The mob is always wrong."

"Politics without principle is futile."

"Political power must be wielded with justice and moderation."

"Political stability requires both just laws and virtuous citizens."

"The common good is nothing else than the sum of those conditions of social life."

"Political power without moral foundation crumbles under the weight of its own corruption."

"The proper government serves the people by elevating their understanding and virtue."

"The true artificer of this fine political machinery is he who shall regulate it in full harmony with the nature of man."

"The worst government is not the cruelest but the most blind and ignorant."

"The state exists for the common good of its citizens."

"You will have evil rulers over you, not because you are unworthy to have good ones, but because you are unworthy to have them."

"That man is little to be envied whose patriotism does not grow warmer with the years."

"Nothing is so unbelievable that some politician will not believe it."

"The voice of the people is the voice of God."

"The politician who claims to need no philosophy is merely unconscious of the philosophy guiding their actions."

"Human laws should be ordered to the common good."

"Law is an ordinance of reason for the common good."

"Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable."