Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page [621-640] of 769 Politics quotesPolitics QuotesPolitics Previous 20 quotes Next 20 quotes Who vaunts his race, lauds what belongs to others.~ Lucius Annaeus Seneca Republics are formed only after revolution. The change to the empire is slow and gradual. One of the saddest lessons of history is that whenever these schools of politics have met in the republics of old, the imperial school, with its dazzling influence of wealth and power, has always won.~ John F. Shafroth Loud speech, profusion of words, and possessing skillfulness in expounding scriptures are merely for the enjoyment of the learned. They do not lead to liberation.~ Adi Shankaracharya When school children start paying union dues, that's when I'll start representing the interests of school children.~ Albert Shanker A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.~ George Bernard Shaw Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.~ George Bernard Shaw If you do not say a thing in an irritating way, you may as well not say it at all because people will not trouble themselves about anything that does not trouble them.~ George Bernard Shaw If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance.~ George Bernard Shaw There are no secrets better kept than the secrets that everybody guesses.~ George Bernard Shaw Whether you think Jesus was God or not, you must admit he was a first-rate political economist.~ George Bernard Shaw A committee is a group of individuals who all put in a perfectly good color, and it comes out gray.~ Alan Sherman The reduction of political discourse to sound bites is one of the worst things that’s happened in American political life.~ John Silber Liberty is the possibility of doubting, the possibility of making a mistake, the possibility of searching and experimenting, the possibility of saying “No” to any authority -- literary, artistic, philosophic, religious, social and even political.~ Ignazio Silone The world's problem is not too many people, but lack of political and economic freedom.~ Julian Simon There is no 'slippery slope' toward loss of liberty, only a long staircase where each step down must first be tolerated by the American people and their leaders.~ Alan K. Simpson Whether or not legislation is truly moral is often a question of who has the power to define morality.~ Jerome H. Skolnick Today’s political leaders demonstrate their low opinion of the public with every social law they pass. They believe that, if given the right to chose, the citizenry will probably make the wrong choice. Legislators do not think any more in terms of persuading people; they feel the need to force their agenda on the public at the point of a bayonet and the barrel of a gun, in the name of the IRS, the SEC, the FDA, the DEA, the EPA, or a multitude of other ABCs of government authority.~ Mark Skousen Liberty is quite as much a moral as a political growth,--the result of free individual action, energy, and independence.~ Samuel Smiles A true party-man hates and despises candour.~ Adam Smith Men desire to have some share in the management of public affairs chiefly on account of the importance which it gives them.~ Adam Smith Previous 20 quotes Next 20 quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print