Quotes about politics

If money is the aim and object of those who squabble for power, then there is clearly no harm in money being the objective of the poor voters.

I am tempted to say this is no game we play, daughter, but of course it is. The game of thrones.

It is not unusual for electorates to want contradictory things, and politicians often make promises accordingly.

Little wonder that the dumbing down of the political discourse, the attack ads and war rooms reign triumphant. The fifth estate is an enabler in this addiction to political trivia in place of reasoned debate.

How vain and futile are all theoretical and philosophical constructions of the mind when compared to the brutal realities of the world of men! The European philosophers build the most rigorous and virtuous moral codes, and their politicians, brought up by these teachers, foment murders as a means of government.

As with all things political, the issue was power.

The Pinance laughed. “I hate the man, but I have never before seen him as a fool or a coward.”

“He is not a military man, my lord. He is a schemer, skilled in the art of politics and treachery.”

“It seems to me that those two beasts are one and the same,” said the Pinance.

There's no such thing as a genius in politics, or at least I have never met one. There are only human beings, some better than others, who rise or fall on the challenges they meet.

Over the years, I have seen too many politicians ruin their careers because they could not accept defeat graciously.

Vision is not political rhetoric.

To be frank, politics is about wanting power, getting it, exercising it, and keeping it.

Politicians of all stripes are always in danger at looking at every problem from an abstract point of view or being briefed by officials, academics, or economists who know every science but the science of human nature.