488 Quotes About Political-philosophy

A wise and good slave among men will one day rise to become king among kings

The state is only a strategy, the hidden source of the power of the ruler

We are the travelers of a sightless era

Knowledge by itself is not power, but it holds the potential for power if we use it a s a guide for action. Truth will always be defeated by tyranny unless the people are willing to step forward and put their lives into the battle. The future belongs, not to ideas, but to people who act on those ideas.

A nationalist...is not at all the same thing as a patriot. A nationalist encourages us to be our worst, and then tells us that we are the best.

I was married to a Fascist and I was married to a Marxist and neither one of them ever took out the garbage.

In politics, being deceived is no excuse.

Is there a greater tragedy imaginable than that, in our endeavor consciously to shape our future in accordance with high ideals, we should in fact unwittingly produce the very opposite of what we have been striving for?

Only a leader - a true leader - a leader with veins of steel - and conscience made of thunderbolt, can create a progressive, effective and humane system of politics.