Politics Quotes

"The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him" "Politics have no relation to morals" "A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul" "A democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few" "I believe history will look back on four years of this president and all he embraces as an aberrant moment in time" "America’s character is on the ballot" "Anyone who is elected mayor of a city has a few screws loose." "When dead men come hunting in the night do you think it matters who sits on the Iron Throne" "High office teaches decision-making, not substance." "Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation." "He knows nothing and thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career." "We must uphold the leadership of the Communist Party of China" "If you don't turn on to politics, politics will turn on you" "The greater the state, the more wrong and injustice it commits" "The trouble is that once you see it, you can't unsee it. And once you've seen it, keeping quiet, saying nothing, becomes as political an act as speaking out." "Four legs good, two legs bad." "The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution." "If men were angels, no government would be necessary." "The more you can increase fear of drugs and crime, welfare mothers, immigrants and aliens, the more you control all the people." "The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help."