Politics Quotes

"To put the world in order, we must first put the nation in order."

"The final good, and the ultimate aim of politics, is liberty."

"The good of the people is the greatest law."

"Great empires are not felled by external armies but internal corruption."

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

"Political power, when separated from wisdom, becomes tyranny."

"In the conduct of life, there are two kinds of people: those who govern and those who are governed."

"The strength of a nation is determined by the character of its people."

"We should engage in politics only insofar as it protects our peace."

"Politics is the art of living together peacefully."

"To put the world in order, we must first put the nation in order."

"The key to good administration is how to do away with bureaucrats."

"In a country well governed, wealth is a shame; in a country badly governed, poverty is a shame."

"The politician who forgets philosophy becomes a tyrant."

"Politics divorced from ethics becomes merely the exercise of power."

"Politics should serve the common good, not personal ambition."

"When the court is arrayed in splendor, the fields are full of weeds, and the granaries are bare."

"The barbarians are within the gates."

"The student of politics observes that the state is a creation of nature, and that man is naturally a political animal."

"Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime."

"The people may be made to follow a path of action, but they cannot be made to understand it."

"Bad government is more destructive than a tiger."

"The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men."

"The state comes into existence for the sake of life; it continues to exist for the sake of a good life."

"I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world."

"The politician is an acrobat; he keeps his balance by doing the opposite of what he says."

"Political systems should serve the happiness of the people; if they do not, they deserve no loyalty."

"Politics is the art of the possible, tempered by ethics."

"Politics shapes the world we leave to future generations."

"Politics should be about serving those with no voice."