Quotes About Politics

Ralph Peters, a conservative uber-hawk and former army intelligence officer who in early 2018 resigned in disgust as a Fox commentator. In a scorching letter of resignation leaked to BuzzFeed, he wrote, "Fox has degenerated from providing a legitimate and much-needed outlet for conservative voices to a mere propaganda machine for a destructive and ethically ruinous administration.

Republicans can continue to win elections nationally for a few more years by relying on a base of older, less educated white voters, but that strategy will prove less and less successful as the number of people of color continues to grow. By 2044, whites are expected to be a minority in America—very bad news for a party that has alienated everyone who isn't white.

Trump even relies on Fox talking heads as trusted advisers. Sean Hannity, the Washington Post reports, "is so close to Trump that some White House aides have dubbed him the unofficial chief of staff.

IT IS NOT QUITE FAIR to say that all Republicans have become Trump toadies. Only most of them.

To be an anti-Trump Republican in this climate requires moral courage that few politicians or media personalities display.

The modern conservative movement was inspired by Barry Goldwater's canonical text from 1960, The Conscience of a Conservative.

But in practical affairs, particularly in politics, men are needed who combine human experience and interest in human relations with a knowledge of science and technology.

Wer sich nicht mit Politik befasst, hat die politische Parteinahme, die er sich sparen wollte, bereits vollzogen.

Wer sich nicht mit Politik befaßt, hat die politische Parteinahme, die er sich sparen möchte, bereits vollzogen: er dient der herrschenden Partei.

Not until 1961 did Vice-President Lyndon Johnson deliver his memorable apologia for Diem: 'Shit, man, he's the only boy we got out there.

Diplomacy without politics is ultimately impotent.

Adolf Hitler had led one of the most educated and cultured societies on earth to a moral, political and military abyss. He now sought to ensure that as many as possible of his own people accompanied him over the brink.

Possession of armed might can be corrupting: it feeds an itch among those exercising political authority to put it to practical use. Successive Washington administrations have been seduced by the readiness with which they can order a deployment, and see this promptly executed. It is much easier to commit armed forces, especially air power, in pursuit of an objective than to grapple the complexities of social and cultural engagement with an alien people.

Machiavelli observed that 'wars begin when you will, but do not end when you please'.

All politicians find it hard to address with conviction more than one emergency at a time.

It seems a fair test of any political movement to enquire not whether it is capitalist, communist or fascist, but whether it is fundamentally humane.

He has nothing useful to say about fascism who is unwilling to mention capitalism.

The final result of political action often, no regularly, stands in completely inadequate and often even paradoxical relation to its original meaning.

Política como vocación). Los funcionarios con un alto sentido ético, tales como los que desgraciadamente han ocupado entre nosotros una y otra vez cargos directivos, son precisamente malos políticos, irresponsables en sentido político y por tanto desde este punto de vista, éticamente detestables.

Política como vocación) La pasión no convierte al hombre en político si no está al servicio de una «causa» y no hace de la responsabilidad para con esa causa la estrella que oriente la acción. Para eso se necesita (y esta es la cualidad psicológica decisiva para el político) la mesura, capacidad para dejar que la realidad actúe sobre uno sin perder el recogimiento y la tranquilidad.

Quien busca la salvación de su alma y la de los demás que no la busque por el camino de la política, cuyas tareas, que son muy otras, solo pueden ser cumplidas mediante la fuerza. El genio o demonio de la política vive en tensión interna con el dios del amor, incluido el dios cristiano en su configuración eclesiástica, y esta tensión puede convertirse en todo momento en un conflicto sin solución.

Für die Politik ist das entscheidende Mittel: die Gewaltsamkeit.

Politik« würde für uns also heißen: Streben nach Machtanteil oder nach Beeinflussung der Machtverteilung, sei es zwischen Staaten, sei es innerhalb eines Staates zwischen den Menschengruppen, die er umschließt.

Sólo quien está seguro de no quebrarse cuando, desde su punto de vista, el mundo se muestra demasiado estúpido o demasiado abyecto para lo que él le ofrece; sólo quien frente a todo esto es capaz de responder con un «sin embargo»; sólo un hombre de esta forma construido tiene «vocación» para la política.