Political Philosophy Quotes

"He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star, which keeps its place and all the stars turn towards it." "Order without liberty and liberty without order are equally destructive." "Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth." "Government is a human institution, created by human beings, mainly for the purpose of instituting and maintaining certain types of order among humans" "From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs." "Democracy is the road to socialism." "There are no morals in politics; there is only expedience" "The goal of socialism is communism." "Medicine is the keystone of the arch of socialism." "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants" "The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries." "The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter." "Russia needs a strong state power and must have it. But I am not calling for totalitarianism." "The welfare of the people in particular has always been the alibi of tyrants." "Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth." "Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness." "The best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy, but the best weapon of a democracy should be the weapon of openness." "Once you don't vote your ideology, votes don't really count" "Govern a nation as you would cook a small fish. Do not overdo it." "The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution."