Politics Quotes

"The strengthening of our statehood is at times deliberately interpreted as authoritarianism." "Where annual elections end where slavery begins" "Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish - too much handling will spoil it" "Most of us live in neighborhoods that are segregated by race and income. Our politics reflect those boundaries. People who are educated don’t talk to people who are not. People who are religious don’t talk to people who are not. If we’re spending most of our time with people who look like us, think like us, talk like us, love like us - and learn like us - then we should consider that a problem and do something about it." "I will write for a few more years to see if I can beat this. Literature gives the reader a second chance at life. Life is writing. The most difficult thing for a political leader is getting intelligent people to do stupid things. When you believe in a cause, nothing is impossible." "In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem" "What we need is a new age of politics for the common good." "Once again, we hear that familiar call for bipartisanship—when it’s really just a means of diverting attention from the fact that they’re demanding we bow to their values and give them power." "Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons." "The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground" "The operations of the federal government will be most extensive and important in times of war and danger; those of the State governments in times of peace and security. " "He who becomes a Prince through the favor of the people should always keep on good terms with them" "Liberty is to faction what air is to fire, an aliment without which it instantly expires" "The legitimate meaning of the Constitution is not to be found in metaphysical subtleties" "In a time of domestic crisis, men of goodwill and generosity should be able to unite regardless of party or politics" "Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power." "We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office." "The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men."