No real social change has ever been brought about without a revolution... revolution is but thought carried into action. Emma Goldman
Politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians. Charles de Gaulle
A war for a great principle ennobles a nation. Albert Pike
The revolution is a dictatorship of the exploited against the exploiters. Fidel Castro
Turn on to politics, or politics will turn on you. Ralph Nader
Every politician should have been born an orphan and remain a bachelor. Lady Bird Johnson
Many politicians are in the habit of laying it down as a self-evident proposition that no people ought to be free till they are fit to use their freedom. The maxim is worthy of the fool in the old story who resolved not to go into the water till he had learned to swim. Thomas B. Macaulay
The flood of money that gushes into politics today is a pollution of democracy. Theodore White
Freedom means the opportunity to be what we never thought we would be. Daniel J. Boorstin
The revenues of Cuban state-run companies are used exclusively for the benefit of the people, to whom they belong. Fidel Castro
Reporters thrive on the world's misfortune. For this reason they often take an indecent pleasure in events that dismay the rest of humanity. Russell Baker
The beef industry has contributed to more American deaths than all the wars of this century, all natural disasters, and all automobile accidents combined. Neal Barnard
A conservative is one who admires radicals centuries after they're dead. Leo Rosten
The most important political office is that of the private citizen. Louis D. Brandeis
In politics it is necessary either to betray one's country or the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate. Charles de Gaulle
I do have a political agenda. It's to have as few regulations as possible. Dan Quayle
The thing I enjoyed most were visits from children. They did not want public office. Herbert Hoover
Justice, sir, is the great interest of man on earth. It is the ligament which holds civilized beings and civilized nations together. Daniel Webster
It is a measure of the framers' fear that a passing majority might find it expedient to compromise 4th Amendment values that these values were embodied in the Constitution itself. Sandra Day O'Connor