If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there'd be a shortage of sand. Milton Friedman on politics
It is enough that the people know there was an election. The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything. Joseph Stalin on politics
It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence. Mahatma Gandhi on politics
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith on politics
I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end. Margaret Thatcher on politics
If you have ten thousand regulations you destroy all respect for the law. Winston Churchill on politics
Healthy citizens are the greatest asset any country can have. Winston Churchill on politics
The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary. H. L. Mencken on politics
Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers. Aristotle on politics
Politics is not a game. It is an earnest business. Winston Churchill on politics
Whenever a man has cast a longing eye on offices, a rottenness begins in his conduct. Thomas Jefferson on politics
The good news is that, according to the Obama administration, the rich will pay for everything. The bad news is that, according to the Obama administration, you're rich. P. J. O'Rourke on politics
Principles have no real force except when one is well-fed. Mark Twain on politics
A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward. Franklin D. Roosevelt on politics
If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal. Emma Goldman on politics
If you have always believed that everyone should play by the same rules and be judged by the same standards, that would have gotten you labeled a radical 60 years ago, a liberal 30 years ago and a racist today. Thomas Sowell on politics
If the United States of America or Britain is having elections, they don't ask for observers from Africa or from Asia. But when we have elections, they want observers. Nelson Mandela on politics
Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost. John Quincy Adams on politics
A fool and his money are soon elected. Will Rogers on politics
In this world of sin and sorrow there is always something to be thankful for as for me, I rejoice that I am not a Republican. H. L. Mencken on politics