Quotes on Politics

“A paranoid is someone who knows a little of what's going on. ”

“Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.”

“The rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened.”

“I never did give them hell. I just told the truth, and they thought it was hell.”

“The softness, warmth and weight of her breast filled his palm. “I’ve imagined this for weeks,” he murmured. Thinking of her out there on the battlefield. In his tent. What more could a woman want? Quite a lot, actually.”

“Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.”

“In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm, and three or more is a congress.”

“The only difference between and is that Hitler was elected.”

“In politics, stupidity is not a handicap.”

“If our Founding Fathers wanted us to care about the rest of the world, they wouldn't have declared their independence from it.”

“I have left orders to be awakened at any time during national emergency, even if I'm in a cabinet meeting.”

“I'm not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues.”

“Listen, Peaches, is what humans are all about, said the voice of Maurice. They're so keen on tricking one another all the time that they elect governments to do it for them.”

“You show me a capitalist, and I'll show you a bloodsucker”

“Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: Freedom for slave owners.”

“One of the penalties of refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.”

“Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket.”

“A nation is a detour of nature to arrive at five or six great men- yes, and then to get around them.”

“The world, viewed philosophically, remains a series of slave camps, where citizens – tax livestock – labor under the chains of illusion in the service of their masters.”

“Every country has the government it deserves.”

“It's easy to hate and point out everything that is wrong with the world; it is the hardest and most important work in one's life to free oneself from the bonds of fear and attachment.”

“He in whom the love of repose predominates will accept the first creed, the first philosophy, the first political party he meets — most likely his father's. He gets rest, commodity, and reputation; but he shuts the door of truth.”

“It's not oil that runs the world, it's shame.”

“All resistance is a rupture with what is. And every rupture begins, for those engaged in it, through a rupture with oneself.”

“Treaty with Tripoli, Art. 11. As the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion;”

“All modern philosophizing is political, policed by governments, churches, academics, custom, fashion, and human cowardice, all of which limit it to a fake learnedness.”

“Do you know where your breakthrough begins? Your breakthrough begins where your excuses ends.”

“It's not about whether or not someone is a bigot, but whether or not the argument which that someone is arguing is worth being a bigot about.”

“Pay attention to me.”

“The evolution revolution is here. Global sense makes common sense.”

“I do not know what the heart of a rascal may be, but I know what is in the heart of an honest man; it is horrible.”

“Tudo é permitido e válido em nome do monopólio universal da distinção entre o verdadeiro e o falso. Everything is permitted and valid in the name of universal monopoly of the distinction between true and false.”

“I like Dancing of Indian girls more than my parents’ prayers . Because they dance with love and passion . But my parents just say their prayers because they got used to it .”

“The single best thing about coming out of the closet is that nobody can insult you by telling you what you've just told them.”

“Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.”

“It’s not unpatriotic to denounce an injustice committed on our behalf, perhaps it’s the most patriotic thing we can do.”

“Politics determines who has the power, not who has the truth.”

“Intimidated, old traumas triggered, and fearing for my safety, I did what I felt I needed to do.”

“The archduke will see you now,” Bishop Riphaen said to von Pappenheim, interrupting his wishful thinking. “And he is most eager to see what you have brought him.”

“Life is too short to be anything but happy. So kiss slowly. Love deeply. Forgive quickly. Take chances and never have regrets. Forget the past but remember what it taught you.”

“You don't manage the truth. You tell the truth.”

“A conscious human is driven by their conscience, not popular opinion.”

“Profit should never come at the cost of human blood. Any government that places profit before people is pure evil.”

“Every immigrant who comes here should be required within five years to learn English or leave the country.”

“A people religiously right, will not long remain politically wrong.”

“UNDIVIDEDI am for One world undivided. One world without fear and corruption. One world ruled by Truth and Justice. I am forOne peaceful world for all,Where hate has been overcome by love,And everyone is guided only By their conscience.”

“Heard straight from Napoleon’s mouth himself,” I say. “Champagne! In victory we deserve it, and in defeat we need it.”

“Your politics are so far right,They're wrong.”

A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.

He knows nothing; and he thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career.