A diplomat is a person who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that you actually look forward to the trip. Caskie Stinnett on politics
The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself. John Stuart Mill on politics
'Tis the business of little minds to shrink but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death. Thomas Paine on politics
When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators. P. J. O'Rourke on politics
He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander. Napoleon Bonaparte on politics
I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue. Barry Goldwater on politics
Apparently, a democracy is a place where numerous elections are held at great cost without issues and with interchangeable candidates. Gore Vidal on politics
Politics, it seems to me, for years, or all too long, has been concerned with right or left instead of right or wrong. Richard Armour on politics
Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half. Gore Vidal on politics
Radical changes in world politics leave America with a heightened responsibility to be, for the world, an example of a genuinely free, democratic, just and humane society. Pope John Paul II on politics
Hell hath no fury like a bureaucrat scorned. Milton Friedman on politics
An idea not coupled with action will never get any bigger than the brain cell it occupied. Arnold H. Glasow on politics
Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Lord Acton on politics
Republicans are men of narrow vision, who are afraid of the future. Jimmy Carter on politics
Pollution is nothing but the resources we are not harvesting. We allow them to disperse because we've been ignorant of their value. R. Buckminster Fuller on politics
It is not in the nature of politics that the best men should be elected. The best men do not want to govern their fellowmen. George MacDonald on politics