Quotes About Politics

An independent is a guy who wants to take the politics out of politics.

When Cicero (Marcus Tullius Cicero 106-43 BC,) was in 64 BC running for consul of Rome he was reported to be advised by his "campaign manager" that the voters "had rather you lied to them than refused them."

It was a storm in a tea cup, but in politics we sail in paper boats.

Ultimately politics in a democracy reflects values much more than it shapes them.

Politics is not a good location or a vocation for anyone lazy, thin-skinned or lacking a sense of humour.

Politics, and the fate of mankind, are shaped by men without ideals and without greatness.

Poetry was the maiden I loved, but politics was the harridan I married.

Politics is a field where action is one long second best and where the choice constantly lies between two blunders.

There is a certain satisfaction in coming down to the lowest ground of politics, for then we get rid of cant and hypocrisy.

Politics has got so expensive that it takes lots of money to even get beat with.

Honest statesmanship is the wise employment of individual meannesses for the public good.

No man will ever bring out of the Presidency the reputation which carries him into it.

A diplomat these days is nothing but a head waiter who is allowed to sit down occasionally.

India is a geographical term. It is no more a United Nation than the Equator.

If Roosevelt were alive he'd turn in his grave.

When I decided to go into politics I weighed the cost: I would get criticism. But I went ahead. So when the virulent criticism came I wasn't surprised. I was better able to handle it.

Republics are ungrateful.

A republican government is slow to move, yet when once in motion, its momentum becomes irresistible.

The most dangerous moment for a bad government is when it begins to reform.

A reform is a correction of abuses; a revolution is a transfer of power.

There is little place in the political scheme of things for an independent, creative personality, for a fighter. Anyone who takes that role must pay a price.

The trappings of a monarchy would set up an ordinary commonwealth.

All Socialism involves slavery.

Ambassadors are the eye and ear of states.