Category Detail for Politics (144 Quotes)

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1 Abraham Lincoln Politics War Force is all-conquering, but its victories are short-lived.
2 Abraham Lincoln Politics Lies No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.
3 Abraham Lincoln Politics Persuasion A drop of honey will catch more flies than a gallon of gall. So with men. If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his sincere friend.
4 Abraham Lincoln Politics Persuasion If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his sincere friend. Therein is a drop of honey that catches his heart, which, say what you will, is the great high-road to his reason, and which when once gained, you will find but little trouble in convincing his judgment of the justice of your cause.
5 Abraham Lincoln Politics Responsibility If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide.
6 Abraham Lincoln Politics Freedom In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free...
7 Abraham Lincoln Politics Welfare You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves.
8 Abraham Lincoln Politics Debt You cannot establish security on borrowed money.
9 Abraham Lincoln Politics Debt You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than your income.
10 Abraham Lincoln Politics Socialism You cannot help the poor man by destroying the rich.
11 Abraham Lincoln Politics Socialism You cannot lift the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer.
12 Abraham Lincoln Politics Socialism You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
13 Abraham Lincoln Politics Debt You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.
14 Adlai Stevenson Politics Principle It is often easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them.
15 Adolf Hitler Politics Lies The great mass of people . . . will more easily fall victim to a big lie than to a small one.
16 Al Capone Politics Force You can get more with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone.
17 Albert Einstein Politics Civilians A civilian can afford to do what no diplomat would dare.
18 Albert Einstein Politics Civilians A civilian can afford to do what no diplomat would dare.
19 Albert Einstein Politics Peace Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.
20 Albert Einstein Politics Expediency An empty stomach is not a good political adviser.
21 Andrew Jackson Politics Courage One man with courage makes a majority.
22 Aristotle Politics Expediency A friend to all is a friend to none
23 Ayn Rand Politics Governement If a society is to be free, its government has to be controlled.
24 Barack Obama Politics War We must begin by acknowledging the hard truth: We will not eradicate violent conflict in our lifetimes. There will be times when nations - acting individually or in concert -will find the use of force not only necessary but morally justified.
25 C.E. Joad Politics Freedom It is better to be free to do wrong than to be compelled to do right.
26 Cato Politics Posterity After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one.
27 Cecil B. Demill Politics Law It is impossible for us to break the law. We can onlybreak ourselves against the law.
28 Charles Caleb Colton Politics Freedom Liberty is a blessing that must be earned before it can be enjoyed.
29 Charles Murray Politics Socialism When life becomes an extended picnic, with nothing to do, ideas of greatness become an irritant.
30 Chinese Proverb Politics Welfare Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
31 Cicero Politics Lies So near is falsehood to the truth, that a wise man would do well not to trust himself on the narrow edge.
32 Daniel Vare Politics Diplomacy Diplomacy is the art of letting someone have your way.
33 Dean Alfange Politics Welfare I do not choose to be a common man. It is my right to be uncommon. I seek opportunity to develop whatever talents God gave me - not security. I do not wish to be a kept citizen, humbled and dulled by having the state look after me. I want to take the calculated risk; to dream and to build, to fail and to succeed. I refuse to barter incentive for a dole. I prefer the challenges of life to the guaranteed existence; the thrill of fulfillment to the stale calm of utopia. I will not trade freedom for beneficence nor my dignity for a handout. I will never cower before any earthly master nor bend to any threat. It is my heritage to stand erect, proud and unafraid; to think and act myself, enjoy the benefit of my creations and to face the world boldly and say - 'This, with God's help, I have done.' All this is what it means to be an American.
34 Dick Armey Politics Self Interest America's Founders understood clearly what it means to accomplish a goal on behalf of ideas and principles that rise above self-interest.
35 Dwight D. Eisenhower Politics Privilege A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.
36 Edmund Burke Politics History People will not look forward to posterity who never look backward to their ancestors.
37 Elbert Hubbard Politics Reputation Many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met on the street.
38 English Proverb Politics Promises Be not decieved with the first appearance of things, for show is not substance.
39 English Proverb Politics War Do not be in a hurry to tie what you cannot untie.
40 Francois La Rochefoucauld Politics War Quarrels would not last long if the fault were only on one side.
41 Gandhi Politics Promises Never make a promise in haste.
42 George Elliot Politics Freedom The strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice.
43 George Patton Politics Action A good plan violently executed right now is worth a hundred perfect plans put off until next week.
44 George Santayana Politics History Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
45 George W. Bush Politics Liberty The liberty we prize is not America's gift to the world, it is God's gift to humanity.
46 George Washington Politics Reputation Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation for it is better to be alone than in bad company.
47 George Washington Politics Motivation Let us therefore animate and encourage each other, and show the whole world that a Freeman, contending for liberty on his own ground, is superior to any slavish mercenary on earth.
48 Gerald Ford Politics Government A government big enough to give you everything you want, is big enough to take away everything you have.
49 German Proverb Politics Flattery When the fox preaches, look to the geese.
50 Goethe Politics Government What is the best government? That which teaches us to govern ourselves.
51 Hal Zesch Politics Education The K-12 educational system and U.S. parental attitudes must change. The school system is more intersted in making students self-satisfied than self-motivated - the "you're all winners!" mind set. That's a constant, creeping de-motivator, both for the kids who work the hardest and win and for those who would otherwise get a wake-up call by losing.
52 Helen Keller Politics Rights There are no such things as divine, immutable or inalienable rights. Rights are things we get when we are strong enough to make good our claim to them.
53 Helen Keller Politics Peace Peace and prosperity will come when we realize, and incorporate into our lives the truth that we live by each other and for each other and not unto ourselves.
54 Helen Keller Politics Action It is no true optimism to declare the world is a good world when it is not. It is for us rather to insist that it shall be made good, and exert ourselves to bring it out.
55 Henry Kissinger Politics Politics University politics are vicious precisely because the stakes are so small.
56 Henry Ward Beecher Politics Expediency Expedients are for the hour; principles for the ages.
57 Henry Ward Beecher Politics Expediency Expedients are for the hour; principles for the ages.
58 Hungarian Proverb Politics Tyranny The wolf can change his appearance, but not his appetite.
59 Irving Kristol Politics Democracy Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions - it only guarantees equality of opportunity.
60 James Madison Politics Human Nature But what is government itself but the greatest of all reflections on human nature? If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary.
61 Japanese Proverb Politics Character When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends.
62 Jawaharlal Nehru Politics Action Actions to be effective must be directed to clearly conceived ends.
63 Jean de La Fontaine Politics Flattery Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.
64 Jerry Garcia Politics Expediency Constantly choosing the lesser of two evils is still choosing evil.
65 John Adams Politics Politics I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy.
66 John Adams Politics Democracy Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide.
67 John D. Rockerfeller Jr. Politics Responsibility I believe every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity an obligation; every possession a duty.
68 John F. Kennedy Politics Crisis When written in Chinese, the word crisis is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity.
69 John F. Kennedy Politics Enemies Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.
70 John F. Kennedy Politics Change Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.
71 Jose Antonio Viera Gall Politics Socialism Socialism can only arrive by bicycle.
72 Joseph Conrad Politics Enemies You shall judge of a man by his foes as well as by his friends.
73 Josh Billings Politics Flattery Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt of, not swallowed.
74 La Rochfoucaud Politics Motives We should often be ashamed of the very best actions, if the world only saw the motives which caused them.
75 Larry Arnn Politics Human Nature ...just as government is necessary, it is for the same reason necessary that it be limited. It cannont make angels of us. It cannot be run as if angels were in control of it.
76 Larry Arnn Politics Spending One does not know whether to laugh or cry. I suppose at tax time, one will have to cry.
77 Lord Jakobovits Politics Inaction Silence, indifference and inaction were Hitler's principal allies.
78 Lord Jeffery Politics Reputation A good name, like goodwill, is got by many actions and lost by one.
79 Margaret Thatcher Politics Socialism The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money.
80 Maria Weston Chapman Politics Expediency We may draw good out of evil; we must not do evil, that good may come.
81 Mark Steyn Politics Freedom Free peoples who were once willing to give their lives for liberty can be persuaded very quickly to relinquish their liberties for a aquiet life.
82 Mark Steyn Politics Socialism Once you accept you're a child in the government nursery, why shouldn't nanny tell you what to do?
83 Mark Steyn Politics government ...small government gives you big freedoms.
84 Mark Steyn Politics government When governments annex a huge chunk of the economy, they also annex a huge chunk of individual liberty. You fundamentally change the relationship between the citizen and the state into something closer to that of a junkie and pusher - and you make it very difficult ever to change back.
85 Mark Twain Politics Expediency In statesmanship get the formalities right, never mind about the moralities.
86 Mark Twain Politics Congress It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly native American criminal class except Congress.
87 Marquis de Vauvenargues Politics Justice Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
88 Martin Luther King Jr Politics Integrity The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
89 Matthew Henry Politics Peace Peace is such a precious jewel that I would give anything for it but truth.
90 Matthew Henry Politics Peace Peace is such a precious jewel that I would give anything for it but truth.
91 Miguel de Cervantes Politics Reputation Tell me what company you keep, and I'll tell you what you are.
92 Napoleon Bonaparte Politics War He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.
93 Napoleon Bonaparte Politics Enemies Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.
94 Nathaniel Hawthorn Politics Welfare While he leans on the mighty arm of the Republic, his own proper strength departs from him. He loses...the capability of self support.
95 Nathaniel Hawthorn Politics Lies To the untrue man, the whole universe is false.
96 Nathaniel Hawthorn Politics Character No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself, and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true.
97 Neal A. Maxwell Politics Expediency Too many impatient politicians buy today's votes with tomorrow's inflation.
98 Nikita Khrushchev Politics Expediency If one cannot catch a bird of paradise, better take a wet hen.
99 Nikita Khrushchev Politics Expediency If you live among wolves you have to act like a wolf.
100 Nikita Khrushchev Politics Promises Politicians are the same all over: they promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.
101 Oliver Wendell Holmes Politics Rights The right to swing my fist ends where the other man's nose begins.
102 Orson Scott Card Politics Dictatorship In a world that includes such men as these, there is no peace until their power to murder is taken from them. Those who think we can end this war by any action other than winning it have not studied history well enough.
103 Oscar Wilde Politics Enemies A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies.
104 Oscar Wilde Politics Enemies A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies.
105 Oscar Wilde Politics Enemies A man can't be too careful in the choice of his enemies.
106 Patrick Toomey Politics Entitlement In 2005, the top one percent of earners in the U.S. paid 39 percent of all income taxes, while the bottom 50 percent of earners paid just 3 percent. Over time, if half of the population believes that it is entitled to have someone else pay for government, we should not be surprised if public support for economic freedom continues to erode.
107 Paul Johnson Politics Focus I am not impressed by leaders who have definite views on everything. History teaches it is a mistake to have too many convictions, held with equal certitude and tenacity. They crowd each other out. A great leader is someone who can distinguish between the essential and the peripheral – between what must be done and what is merely desirable.
108 Paul Johnson, Politics Focus What successful statesmanship in the past teaches us, again and again, is that clarity of aim is paramount...
109 Philip Massinger Politics Dignity True dignity is never gained by place, and never lost when honors are withdrawn.
110 Plato Politics Law Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.
111 Proverb Politics Liberty Better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.
112 Publilius Syrus Politics Speech I often regret that I have spoken; never that I have been silent.
113 Rob Preston Politics Capitalism The reaction from some ideological quarters is, in the face of malfeasance, to label capitalism and profits as inherently evil. For a government official not to understand that the government makes money via taxation, on profits, and therefore highly profitable companies are actually a good thing for humanity, shows a frightening disconnect between ideology and reality.
114 Ronald Reagan Politics Bureaucracy The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help.
115 Ronald Reagan Politics War Of the four wars in my lifetime, none came about because the U.S. was too strong.
116 Ronald Reagan Politics War Here's my strategy on the Cold War: We win, they lose.
117 Ronald Reagan Politics Congress I have wondered at times about what the Ten Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them through the U.S. Congress.
118 Ronald Reagan Politics Bureaucracy The nearest thing to eternal life we will ever see on this earth is a government program.
119 Ronald Reagan Politics Government Government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem
120 Ronald Reagan Politics Politics It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first.
121 Ronald Szoc Politics Politics Posative politics is the art of influence and persuasion.
122 Samuel Johnson Politics Influence The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
123 Scipione Alberti Politics Speech Secret thoughts and open countenance will go safely over the whole world.
124 Sheri L. Dew Politics Family We all know that every nation is ultimately at the mercy of its families...If families are riddled with problems, society eventually collapses under the weight of problems too vast for any government to meet. If families are strong, society is strong.
125 Soren Aabye Kierkegaard Politics Freedom of Speech People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid.
126 Susan Law Corpany Politics Opposition learn how to be opponents without being enemies...One thing that helps me avoid becoming enemies is to emphasize what I am for rather than approaching a situation as being against something...For some that translates into automatically being "against" something or having hateful feelings towards those with an opposing agenda.
127 Thomas Fuller Politics Hypocrisy He does not believe that does not live according to his belief.
128 Thomas Jefferson Politics War What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure.
129 Thomas Jefferson Politics Power I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power the greater it will be.
130 Thomas Jefferson Politics Freedom No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free no one ever will.
131 Thomas Jefferson Politics Posterity We may consider each generation as a distinct nation, with a right, by the will of its majority, to bind themselves, but none to bind the succeeding generation, more than the inhabitants of another country.
132 Thomas Jefferson Politics Deficit Spending I sincerely believe . . . that banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies, and that the principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding, is but swindling futurity on a large scale.
133 Thomas Jefferson Politics Rights We hold these truths to be sacred and undeniable; that all men are created equal and independent, that from that equal creation they derive rights inherent and inalienable, among which are the preservation of life, and liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
134 Thomas Jones Politics Enemies Friends may come and go, but enemies accumulate.
135 Thomas Paine Politics Liberty That which we obtain to easily, we esteem too lightly. It is dearness only which gives everything its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price on its goods.
136 Thomas Paine Politics Character Character is much easier kept than recovered.
137 Thomas Paine Politics America There is something in the cuase and consequence of America that has drawn on her the attention of all mankind.
138 Unknown Politics Discipline Being unable to govern events, I govern myself.
139 Unknown Politics Character The measure of a real man's character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.
140 W.B. Prescott Politics Patience In any contest between power and patience, bet on patience.
141 Wendell L. Willkie Politics Expediency I believe the moral losses of expediency always far outweigh the temporary gains.
142 William Harvard Politics Freedom The greatest glory of a freeborn people is to transmit that freedom to their children.
143 Winston Churchill Politics Courage Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities, because it is the quality that guarantees all others.
144 Winston Churchill Politics Vision A politician looks to the next election, and a statesman looks to the next generation.