Quotes About Politics

She had quoted a Bene Gesserit proverb to him: "When religion and politics travel in the same cart, the riders believe nothing can stand in their way. Their movement becomes headlong—faster and faster and faster. They put aside all thought of obstacles and forget that a precipice does not show itself to the man in a blind rush until it's too late." Paul

La influencia de la política en el seno de una religión ortodoxa es inevitable. La lucha por el poder impregna el adiestramiento, la educación y la disciplina de una comunidad ortodoxa. Debido a esa presión, los jefes de una comunidad así deben afrontar inevitablemente un claro dilema interior: sucumbir al más completo oportunismo como precio para mantener su poder o arriesgarse al autosacrificio en nombre de la ética ortodoxa.

Often I must speak otherwise than I think," he said. "This is called diplomacy.

A popular man arouses the jealousy of the powerful

O ponto de vista dos céticos. E os soberanos são sabidamente céticos no que toca a religião. A religião também é uma arma. E que tipo de arma seria a religião quando elas se tornam o governo?

Democracy is susceptible to being led astray by having scapegoats paraded in front of the electorate

O sistema histórico de pilhagem e extorsão mútuas tem um fim aqui em Arrakis. Não se pode seguir roubando aquilo de que se precisa sem pensar naqueles que virão depois. As características físicas de um planeta estão escritas em seu registro econômico e político.

And rulers are notoriously cynical where religions are concerned. Religion, too, is a weapon. What manner of weapon is religion when it becomes the government?

We've a three-point civilization: the Imperial Household balanced against the Federated Great Houses of the Landsraad, and between them, the Guild with its damnable monopoly on interstellar transport. In politics, the tripod is the most unstable of all structures. It'd be bad enough without the complication of a feudal trade culture which turns its back on most science.

When religion and politics travel in the same cart, the riders believe nothing can stand in their way. Their movement becomes headlong—faster and faster and faster. They put aside all thoughts of obstacles and forget that a precipice does not show itself to the man in a blind rush until it's too late.

Governments, if they endure, always tend increasingly toward aristocratic forms. No government in history has been known to evade this pattern. And as the aristocracy develops, government tends more and more to act exclusively in the interests of the ruling class—whether that class be hereditary royalty, oligarchs of financial empires, or entrenched bureaucracy. —Politics as Repeat Phenomenon: Bene Gesserit Training Manual

Siyaset: OlabildiÄŸince çok ÅŸeyi gizlerken tamamen aç?k ve içten gibi görünme sanat?.

When religion and politics travel in the same cart, the riders believe nothing can stand in their way. Their movement becomes headlong—faster and faster and faster. They put aside all thought of obstacles and forget that a precipice does not show itself to the man in a blind rush until it's too late.

Demokrasilerde seçmenler günah keçilerinin sergilenmesi suretiyle yönlendirilebilir. Kahrolsun zenginler, açgözlüler, suçlular, aptal liderler vs.

Cuando religión y política viajan en el mismo carro, los viajeros piensan que nada podrá detenerles en su camino... Su movimiento es acelerado… rápido y más rápido. Dejan a un lado todos los obstáculos, y no piensan que un precipicio se descubre siempre demasiado tarde.

She had quoted a Bene Gesserit proverb to him: "When religion and politics travel in the same cart, the riders believe nothing can stand in their way. Their movement becomes headlong—faster and faster and faster. They put aside all thought of obstacles and forget that a precipice does not show itself to the man in a blind rush until it's too late.

All governments needed to remain under suspicion in their time of power.

All governments needed to remain under suspicion during their time of power

So you know how to make a democracy do whatever you want." A gloating expression. "The technique is quite subtle but easy. You create a system where most people are dissatisfied, vaguely or deeply.

Power attracts the corruptible.

All governments need to remain under suspicion in their time of power.

What manner of weapon is religion when it becomes the government?

Não se pode fundamentar a política no amor. As pessoas não se interessam pelo amor: é desordenado demais. Elas preferem o despotismo. O excesso de liberdade engendra o caos. Não podemos permitir isso, podemos? E como transformar o despotismo em algo que se possa amar?

You can't build politics on love," he said. "People aren't concerned with love; it's too disordered. They prefer despotism. Too much freedom breeds chaos. We can't have that, can we? And how do you make despotism lovable?