The successful revolutionary is a statesman, the unsuccessful one a criminal. 16 thoughts from Erich Fromm
A week is a long time in politics. 3 quotes from Harold Wilson
In politics women type the letters, lick the stamps, distribute the pamphlets and get out the vote. Men get elected. 11 sayings from Clare Boothe Luce
Poetry is about the grief. Politics is about the grievance. 50 more quotes from Robert Frost
Politics is for the present, but an equation is for eternity. 105 quotes from Albert Einstein
Politics is organized hatred, that is unity. 3 wisdom & wit from John Jay Chapman
The politicians were talking themselves red, white and blue in the face. 11 more quotes from Clare Boothe Luce
The world of politics is always twenty years behind the world of thought. 3 other quotes from John Jay Chapman
They say women talk too much. If you have worked in Congress you know that the filibuster was invented by men. 11 quotes from Clare Boothe Luce
Your every voter, as surely as your chief magistrate, exercises a public trust. 6 quotes from Grover Cleveland
I have no ambition to govern men it is a painful and thankless office. 70 quotes from Thomas Jefferson
Whenever a man has cast a longing eye on offices, a rottenness begins in his conduct. 70 sayings from Thomas Jefferson
A conservative is one who admires radicals centuries after they're dead. 6 quotes from Leo Rosten
At the bottom of education, at the bottom of politics, even at the bottom of religion, there must be for our race economic independence. 10 wisdom & wit from Booker T. Washington
I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend. 70 more thoughts from Thomas Jefferson
Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied. 16 sayings from Otto von Bismarck
Politics begin where the masses are, not where there are thousands, but where there are millions, that is where serious politics begin. 14 quotes from Vladimir Lenin
Politics is not an exact science. 16 quotes from Otto von Bismarck
Politics is such a torment that I advise everyone I love not to mix with it. 70 other thoughts from Thomas Jefferson
Politics is the art of the next best. 16 other quotes from Otto von Bismarck
Politics is the art of the possible. 16 quotes from Otto von Bismarck
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects. 5 other quotes from Lester B. Pearson
Politics ruins the character. 16 views from Otto von Bismarck
The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia. 16 wisdom & wit from Otto von Bismarck
The world is governed by opinion. 11 more quotes from William Ellery Channing
There are no morals in politics there is only expedience. A scoundrel may be of use to us just because he is a scoundrel. 14 sayings from Vladimir Lenin
To rely upon conviction, devotion, and other excellent spiritual qualities that is not to be taken seriously in politics. 14 wisdom & wit from Vladimir Lenin
When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President I'm beginning to believe it. 14 thoughts from Clarence Darrow
A leader in the Democratic Party is a boss, in the Republican Party he is a leader. 26 quotes from Harry S. Truman
Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservatives. 11 wisdom & wit from John Stuart Mill
My brother Bob doesn't want to be in government - he promised Dad he'd go straight. 46 wisdom & wit from John F. Kennedy
Politics have no relation to morals. 23 other sayings from Niccolo Machiavelli
You want a friend in Washington? Get a dog. 26 more wisdom & wit from Harry S. Truman
Half a truth is better than no politics. 52 other quotes from Gilbert K. Chesterton
I learnt more about politics during one South Dakota dust storm than in seven years at the university. 16 other quotes from Hubert H. Humphrey
Idealism is the despot of thought, just as politics is the despot of will. 6 thoughts from Mikhail Bakunin
In politics a capable ruler must be guided by circumstances, conjectures and conjunctions. 6 thoughts from Catherine the Great
Only very intelligent people don't wish they were in politics, and I'm dumb enough to want to be in there. 15 thoughts from Orson Welles
Politics is like football if you see daylight, go through the hole. 46 views from John F. Kennedy
The flood of money that gushes into politics today is a pollution of democracy. 5 more sayings from Theodore White
There has been a shift to what may be defined as a culture of negativity which goes well beyond coverage of politics. 5 quotes from Alastair Campbell
To err is human. To blame someone else is politics. 16 more quotes from Hubert H. Humphrey
To those who have exhausted politics, nothing remains but abstract thought. 53 other thoughts from Honore de Balzac
We believe that to err is human. To blame it on someone else is politics. 16 other sayings from Hubert H. Humphrey
We would not have our politics distracted and embittered by the dissensions of other lands. 3 more thoughts from Henry Cabot Lodge
If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal. 10 thoughts from Emma Goldman
Adherents of the new religious right reject the separation of politics and religion, but they bring no spiritual insights to politics. 20 quotes from Christopher Lasch
Because politics rests on an irreducible measure of coercion, it can never become a perfect realm of perfect love and justice. 20 other quotes from Christopher Lasch
Everything is politics. 11 quotes from Thomas Mann
In politics, it seems, retreat is honorable if dictated by military considerations and shameful if even suggested for ethical reasons. 4 quotes from Mary McCarthy
No real social change has ever been brought about without a revolution... revolution is but thought carried into action. 10 wisdom & wit from Emma Goldman
Nothing is irreparable in politics. 14 more wisdom & wit from Jean Anouilh
Politics is the reflex of the business and industrial world. 10 quotes from Emma Goldman
The hope of a new politics does not lie in formulating a left-wing reply to the right-it lies in rejecting conventional political categories. 20 other wisdom & wit from Christopher Lasch
The proper reply to right wing religiosity is not to insist that politics and religion don't mix. This is the stock response of the left. 20 other views from Christopher Lasch
The sad duty of politics is to establish justice in a sinful world. 15 other thoughts from Reinhold Niebuhr
There is no hope even that woman, with her right to vote, will ever purify politics. 10 quotes from Emma Goldman
Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost. 7 thoughts from John Quincy Adams
Politics, it seems to me, for years, or all too long, has been concerned with right or left instead of right or wrong. 3 quotes from Richard Armour
There are many men of principle in both parties in America, but there is no party of principle. 19 sayings from Alexis de Tocqueville
Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half of the time. 19 other quotes from E. B. White
In politics people give you what they think you deserve and deny you what they think you want. 4 sayings from C. Northcote Parkinson
In politics shared hatreds are almost always the basis of friendships. 19 quotes from Alexis de Tocqueville
Men enter local politics solely as a result of being unhappily married. 4 more views from C. Northcote Parkinson
Our whole constitutional heritage rebels at the thought of giving government the power to control men's minds. 2 wisdom & wit from Thurgood Marshall
The argument of the broken window pane is the most valuable argument in modern politics. 2 wisdom & wit from Emmeline Pankhurst
We need more of the Office Desk and less of the Show Window in politics. Let men in office substitute the midnight oil for the limelight. 17 views from Calvin Coolidge
What Englishman will give his mind to politics as long as he can afford to keep a motor car? 115 thoughts from George Bernard Shaw
A liberal is a man or a woman or a child who looks forward to a better day, a more tranquil night, and a bright, infinite future. 5 views from Leonard Bernstein
He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander. 50 quotes from Napoleon Bonaparte
Economics, politics, and personalities are often inseparable. 2 views from Charles Edison
Establishing lasting peace is the work of education all politics can do is keep us out of war. 5 more quotes from Maria Montessori
I seldom think of politics more than eighteen hours a day. 24 other quotes from Lyndon B. Johnson
If American politics are too dirty for women to take part in, there's something wrong with American politics. 5 quotes from Edna Ferber
In politics stupidity is not a handicap. 50 other wisdom & wit from Napoleon Bonaparte
In politics... never retreat, never retract... never admit a mistake. 50 quotes from Napoleon Bonaparte
One lesson you better learn if you want to be in politics is that you never go out on a golf course and beat the President. 24 quotes from Lyndon B. Johnson
Politics is the science of urgencies. 2 other quotes from Theodore Parker
The thing I enjoyed most were visits from children. They did not want public office. 20 thoughts from Herbert Hoover
Their very conservatism is secondhand, and they don't know what they are conserving. 3 thoughts from Robertson Davies
Vote for the man who promises least he'll be the least disappointing. 12 quotes from Bernard Baruch
You begin saving the world by saving one man at a time all else is grandiose romanticism or politics. 5 other quotes from Charles Bukowski
You will find in politics that you are much exposed to the attribution of false motive. Never complain and never explain. 4 more quotes from Stanley Baldwin
In this world of sin and sorrow there is always something to be thankful for as for me, I rejoice that I am not a Republican. 60 other quotes from H. L. Mencken
We would all like to vote for the best man but he is never a candidate. 27 thoughts from Kin Hubbard
I am an Anglo-Catholic in religion, a classicist in literature and a royalist in politics. 23 more quotes from T. S. Eliot
In politics, strangely enough, the best way to play your cards is to lay them face upwards on the table. 19 more quotes from H. G. Wells
Liberalism is Rationalism in politics. 6 more quotes from Francis Parker Yockey
Politics makes me sick. 4 quotes from William Howard Taft
Politics makes strange bedfellows. 5 sayings from Charles Dudley Warner
You can't be in politics unless you can walk in a room and know in a minute who's for you and who's against you. 63 other thoughts from Samuel Johnson
In politics the middle way is none at all. 18 quotes from John Adams
It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence. 100 quotes from Mahatma Gandhi
A typical vice of American politics is the avoidance of saying anything real on real issues. 36 more wisdom & wit from Theodore Roosevelt
An Independent is someone who wants to take the politics out of politics. 24 quotes from Adlai E. Stevenson
Conscience has no more to do with gallantry than it has with politics. 3 more thoughts from Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Finance is a gun. Politics is knowing when to pull the trigger. 3 thoughts from Mario Puzo
Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one. 4 more quotes from A. J. Liebling
I must not write a word to you about politics, because you are a woman. 18 other quotes from John Adams
I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. 18 views from John Adams
In politics, what begins in fear usually ends in failure. 24 quotes from Samuel Taylor Coleridge
In politics, yesterday's lie is attacked only to flatter today's. 13 quotes from Jean Rostand
It is the desire of the good people of the whole country that sectionalism as a factor in our politics should disappear...' 6 other quotes from Rutherford B. Hayes
Oh, that lovely title, ex-president. 33 other quotes from Dwight D. Eisenhower
Politics doesn't make strange bedfellows - marriage does. 29 quotes from Groucho Marx
Politics is a profession a serious, complicated and, in its true sense, a noble one. 33 other thoughts from Dwight D. Eisenhower
Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies. 29 quotes from Groucho Marx
Politics is the art of preventing people from busying themselves with what is their own business. 16 views from Paul Valery
The essential ingredient of politics is timing. 2 other thoughts from Pierre Trudeau
The more I see of the representatives of the people, the more I admire my dogs. 8 views from Alphonse de Lamartine
The most practical kind of politics is the politics of decency. 36 more quotes from Theodore Roosevelt
Those who say religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion is. 100 wisdom & wit from Mahatma Gandhi
We mean by 'politics' the people's business - the most important business there is. 24 sayings from Adlai E. Stevenson
A fool and his money are soon elected. 57 more quotes from Will Rogers
Healthy citizens are the greatest asset any country can have. 74 other views from Winston Churchill
I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts. 57 more quotes from Will Rogers
If you have ten thousand regulations you destroy all respect for the law. 74 quotes from Winston Churchill
Politics has become so expensive that it takes a lot of money even to be defeated. 57 other thoughts from Will Rogers
Politics is not a game. It is an earnest business. 74 more quotes from Winston Churchill
Principles have no real force except when one is well-fed. 98 more quotes from Mark Twain
Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress but I repeat myself. 98 quotes from Mark Twain
America's present need is not heroics but healing not nostrums but normalcy not revolution but restoration. 2 views from Warren G. Harding
Confronted with the choice, the American people would choose the policeman's truncheon over the anarchist's bomb. 3 more quotes from Spiro T. Agnew
Difference of religion breeds more quarrels than difference of politics. 14 quotes from Wendell Phillips
I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians. 19 thoughts from Charles de Gaulle
I have never regarded politics as the arena of morals. It is the arena of interest. 11 wisdom & wit from Aneurin Bevan
If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. 7 more thoughts from Louis D. Brandeis
If you ever injected truth into politics you have no politics. 57 more quotes from Will Rogers
In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant. 19 views from Charles de Gaulle
In politics it is necessary either to betray one's country or the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate. 19 quotes from Charles de Gaulle
In war, you can only be killed once, but in politics, many times. 74 quotes from Winston Churchill
It is easier for women to succeed in business, the arts, and politics in America than in Europe. 14 quotes from Hedy Lamarr
Politics are very much like war. We may even have to use poison gas at times. 74 more thoughts from Winston Churchill
Politics is a blood sport. 11 more views from Aneurin Bevan
Politics is almost as exciting as war, and quite as dangerous. In war you can only be killed once, but in politics many times. 74 sayings from Winston Churchill
Politics is applesauce. 57 quotes from Will Rogers
Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary. 39 sayings from Robert Louis Stevenson
Politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians. 19 views from Charles de Gaulle
Politics, as the word is commonly understood, are nothing but corruptions. 19 other sayings from Jonathan Swift
The more you observe politics, the more you've got to admit that each party is worse than the other. 57 other quotes from Will Rogers
The most important political office is that of the private citizen. 7 views from Louis D. Brandeis
There is no more independence in politics than there is in jail. 57 more quotes from Will Rogers
A conservative is a man who just sits and thinks, mostly sits. 19 thoughts from Woodrow Wilson
A conservative is someone who makes no changes and consults his grandmother when in doubt. 19 more quotes from Woodrow Wilson
A war for a great principle ennobles a nation. 5 other quotes from Albert Pike
Finality is not the language of politics. 75 thoughts from Benjamin Disraeli
From politics, it was an easy step to silence. 21 thoughts from Jane Austen
In politics nothing is contemptible. 75 other quotes from Benjamin Disraeli
It is a vain hope to make people happy by politics. 58 wisdom & wit from Thomas Carlyle
It is not in the nature of politics that the best men should be elected. The best men do not want to govern their fellowmen. 12 more quotes from George MacDonald
It's called political economy because it is has nothing to do with either politics or economy. 8 views from Stephen Leacock
Liberalism is trust of the people tempered by prudence. Conservatism is distrust of the people tempered by fear. 7 quotes from William E. Gladstone
Politics is the entertainment branch of industry. 12 other views from Frank Zappa
Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed. 12 wisdom & wit from Mao Zedong
Politics is war without bloodshed, while war is politics with bloodshed. 12 other quotes from Mao Zedong
Real politics are the possession and distribution of power. 75 other thoughts from Benjamin Disraeli
The only difference between the Democrats and the Republicans is that the Democrats allow the poor to be corrupt, too. 4 other wisdom & wit from Oscar Levant
The practice of politics in the East may be defined by one word: dissimulation. 75 sayings from Benjamin Disraeli
There is no act of treachery or meanness of which a political party is not capable for in politics there is no honour. 75 quotes from Benjamin Disraeli
There is no gambling like politics. 75 wisdom & wit from Benjamin Disraeli
A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward. 24 other sayings from Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hell, I never vote for anybody, I always vote against. 24 other sayings from W. C. Fields
Life without liberty is like a body without spirit. 56 other quotes from Khalil Gibran
The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis. 13 other quotes from Dante Alighieri
Those who stand for nothing fall for anything. 13 more wisdom & wit from Alexander Hamilton
When bad men combine, the good must associate else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle. 37 other quotes from Edmund Burke
As long as I don't write about the government, religion, politics, and other institutions, I am free to print anything. 3 quotes from Pierre Beaumarchais
Frankly, I don't mind not being President. I just mind that someone else is. 3 sayings from Edward Kennedy
I have no consistency, except in politics and that probably arises from my indifference to the subject altogether. 36 views from Lord Byron
I'm not involved in the politics of religion, but I love what the message is. 8 thoughts from Jane Seymour
If everybody in this town connected with politics had to leave town because of chasing women and drinking, you would have no government. 9 sayings from Barry Goldwater
In argument, truth always prevails finally in politics, falsehood always. 9 other quotes from Walter Savage Landor
In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way. 24 other views from Franklin D. Roosevelt
Justice, sir, is the great interest of man on earth. It is the ligament which holds civilized beings and civilized nations together. 12 thoughts from Daniel Webster
Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom and a great empire and little minds go ill together. 37 thoughts from Edmund Burke
No science is immune to the infection of politics and the corruption of power. 6 more quotes from Jacob Bronowski
Politics and the pulpit are terms that have little agreement. 37 more views from Edmund Burke
The art of politics consists in knowing precisely when it is necessary to hit an opponent slightly below the belt. 4 more thoughts from Konrad Adenauer
The secret of getting things done is to act! 13 more views from Dante Alighieri
When the body of the people is possessed of the supreme power, it is called a democracy. 10 other thoughts from Charles de Secondat
There ain't no answer. There ain't gonna be any answer. There never has been an answer. That's the answer. 31 thoughts from Gertrude Stein
He too serves a certain purpose who only stands and cheers. 22 other sayings from Henry Adams
I have always said I will be in politics to serve as best as I can and it will take me wherever it will take me. 3 views from George Papandreou
I have never found, in a long experience of politics, that criticism is ever inhibited by ignorance. 6 other quotes from Harold MacMillan
If nominated, I will not run if elected, I will not serve. 20 quotes from William Tecumseh Sherman
In ancient Greece, politics and the market were not decoupled. 3 quotes from George Papandreou
Like religion, politics, and family planning, cereal is not a topic to be brought up in public. It's too controversial. 33 more sayings from Erma Bombeck
Politics are a very unsatisfactory game. 22 views from Henry Adams
Politics are not the task of a Christian. 7 quotes from Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Politics is the diversion of trivial men who, when they succeed at it, become important in the eyes of more trivial men. 12 more wisdom & wit from George Jean Nathan
Politics, as a practice, whatever its professions, has always been the systematic organization of hatreds. 22 quotes from Henry Adams
Politics, as a practise, whatever its professions, has always been the systematic organization of hatreds. 22 other views from Henry Adams
Politics... have always been the systematic organization of hatreds. 22 thoughts from Henry Adams
Practical politics consists in ignoring facts. 22 other quotes from Henry Adams
War is not the continuation of politics with different means, it is the greatest mass-crime perpetrated on the community of man. 9 sayings from Alfred Adler