Quotes About Power

Party leads to vicious, corrupt and unprofitable legislation, for the sole purpose of defeating party.

Politics is made up of two words: "Poli," which is Greek for "many," and "tics," which are bloodsucking insects.

Political action means taking on responsibility. This cannot happen without power. Power is to serve responsibility.

The most dangerous diminutions of freedom come from those who are convinced of their moral rectitude.

Practical politics consists in ignoring facts.

They say that politics is show business for ugly people, but as I always crack, what would I know about that? I like a challenge

I may not be the world's best glad-handing politician, but I've been elected mayor twice. I understand politics. And I definitely understand where the state line is.

Because politics rests on an irreducible measure of coercion, it can never become a perfect realm of perfect love and justice.

Coersion, after all, merely captures man. Freedom captivates him.

Those against politics are in favor of the politics inflicted upon them.

Once you become an immigrant, the first thing that is taken from you is the opportunity to talk about politics and to talk about yourself as a political being.

The first thing the communists do when they take over a country is to outlaw cockfighting

There is nothing so eternally adhesive as the memory of power.

Vice president: A spare tire on the automobile of government.

I am a politician which means I am a liar and a crook. When I am not kissing babies I am stealing their lollypops.

Black people have always been used as a buffer in this country between powers to prevent class war.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.

Those who refuse to engage in politics will be led by their inferiors

Fear is the politicians dance partner.

Economics and politics are the governing powers of life today, and that's why everything is so screwy.

They fought indeed and were slain, but it was to maintain the luxury and the wealth of other men.

Personally, I believe there's a limitation to how much politics can change the world--but there's no limitation to how much individuals can change the world.

Since politics — until recently — has been a man's world, men, as a whole are responsible for its corruption.

In politics, yesterday's lie is attacked only to flatter today's.