“These things will destroy the human race: politics without principle, progress without compassion, wealth without work, learning without silence, religion without fearlessness and worship without awareness.”
Topic
politics
953 quotes
Quotes, most loved first
“Politics doesn't make strange bedfellows - marriage does.”
“One of the things being in politics has taught me is that men are not a reasoned or reasonable sex.”
“There are many men of principle in both parties in America, but there is no party of principle.”
“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.”
“We need more of the Office Desk and less of the Show Window in politics. Let men in office substitute the midnight oil for the limelight.”
“My mom is like this hard-core, liberal feminist. She's a professor in Boston, and she's been teaching women's studies for 30 years and international politics.”
“It is money, money, money! Not ideas, not principles, but money that reigns supreme in American politics.”
“A liberal is a man who is willing to spend somebody else's money.”
“Politics isn't about big money or power games it's about the improvement of people's lives.”
“The flood of money that gushes into politics today is a pollution of democracy.”
“I think that what went wrong with religion is the same thing that went wrong with politics. Is that it became too money based and too controlling. It's just a weakness that we human beings have for control - we want one thing and then we want more and then we want more.”
“At the end of the day, money is just a proxy for votes. That is what makes politics so vulnerable to social media.”
“Let me tell you, sisters, seeing dried egg on a plate in the morning is a lot dirtier than anything I've had to deal with in politics.”
“The movies were custard compared to politics.”
“I think politicians get hamstrung by the nature of politics when the private sector can really do great things.”
“Human nature doesn't include all human beings. There are human beings who are indifferent to politics, religion, virtually anything.”
“It is impossible to practice parliamentary politics without having patience, decency, politeness and courtesy.”
“The first requirement of politics is not intellect or stamina but patience. Politics is a very long run game and the tortoise will usually beat the hare.”
“Artists know that diligence counts as much, if not more, as inspiration in art, as in politics, patience counts as much as revolution.”
“Politics is too partisan, and sometimes patriotism is cast aside. Patriotism is honor and love of your country and your brothers and sisters. With politics I get the impression that it's all about what's good for the party and not necessarily what's good for the country.”
“Politics is about the improvement of people's lives. It's about advancing the cause of peace and justice in our country and the world. Politics is about doing well for the people.”
“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.”
“I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end.”