politics Quotes

Ballots are the rightful and peaceful successors to bullets.

It has been well said that 'he who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander.' The two are not the same, but the good citizen ought to be capable of both; he should know how to govern... ...

Nature, as we say, does nothing without some purpose; and for thepurpose of making mana political animal she has endowed him alone among the animals with the power of reasoned speech.

The start of reform is not just to make property equal, but to train noble people not to want more, and to stop lower classes from getting more.

The weak are always anxious for justice and equality. The strong pay no heed to either.

"An empty stomach is not a good political adviser."

"According to Washington insiders, White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan could be the next official to leave the Bush administration. McClellan says he'd like to spend more time lying for his family"

If the state cannot be entirely composed of good men, and yet each citizen is expected to do his own business well, and must therefore have virtue, still inasmuch as all the citizens cannot be alike, the virtue of the... ...

For example, justice is considered to mean equality, It does mean equality- but equality for those who are equal, and not for all.

The greatest threat to the state is not faction but distraction

The state comes into existence for the sake of life and continues to exist for the sake of good life.

“The awareness that we are all human beings together has become lost in war and through politics.”