488 Quotes About Political-philosophy

I had this terrible nightmare; I dreamt I was a politician and they were dragging me off to parliament

It may be said with rough accuracy that there are three stages in the life of a strong people. First, it is a small power, and fights small powers. Then it is a great power, and fights great powers. Then it is a great power, and fights small powers, but pretends that they are great powers, in order to rekindle the ashes of its ancient emotion and vanity. After that, the next step is to become a small power itself.

Government does not create wealth; it redistributes it. Whatever it gives you it must first take from someone else.

World War II was the last government program that really worked.

I guess, then, that is what I find troublesome about this plan. It is too logical, too clever, too carefully thought out, and, most important of all, it has to be carried out in secret, which means that if the American public knew about it, they would be appalled and would not be supportive of it.

Sure, tactically and in the short term, we'll do all right, but in the long term, these types of policies always fail, and you know why, because there will come a time that we need the same American public - that we kept everything hidden from - to support the policy either with their blood or money.

Norteio a minha vida pela simplicidade da procura do conhecimento permanente".

A politician lost an argument; he went on a rampage with his fists pointed towards the sky—a move which amounts to a search for a new self.

Round pegs in square holes tend to have dangerous thoughts about the social system and tend to infect others with their discontents.