Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2012-05-15 May 15, 2012What orators lack in depth they make up for in length.~ Charles-Louis de SecondatIn order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant.~ Charles de GaulleNothing can so alienate a voter from the political system as backing a winning candidate.~ Mark B. Cohen May 14, 2012Avoid any specific discussion of public policy at public meetings.~ Quintus Tullius CiceroOpposition, n. In politics the party that prevents the government from running amuck by hamstringing it.~ Ambrose BierceSo they [the Government] go on in strange paradox, decided only to be undecided, resolved to be irresolute, adamant for drift, solid for fluidity, all-powerful to be impotent.~ Sir Winston Churchill May 11, 2012Here is the Golden Rule of sound citizenship, the first and greatest lesson in the study of politics: You get the same order of criminality from any State to which you give power to exercise it; and whatever power you give the State to do things FOR you carries with it the equivalent power to do things TO you.~ Albert Jay NockIdealism is the noble toga that political gentlemen drape over their will to power.~ Aldous HuxleyThose who take the most from the table, teach contentment. Those for whom the taxes are destined, demand sacrifice. Those who eat their fill, speak to the hungry, of wonderful times to come. Those who lead the country into the abyss, call ruling difficult, for ordinary folk.~ Bertolt Brecht May 10, 2012We are discreet sheep; we wait to see how the drove is going, and then go with the drove. We have two opinions: one private, which we are afraid to express; and another one - the one we use - which we force ourselves to wear to please Mrs. Grundy, until habit makes us comfortable in it, and the custom of defending it presently makes us love it, adore it, and forget how pitifully we came by it. Look at it in politics.~ Mark TwainDemocracy consists of choosing your dictators, after they've told you what you think it is you want to hear.~ Alan CorenkIf a million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.~ Anatole France May 9, 2012The media I've had a lot to do with is lazy. We fed them and they ate it every day.~ Michael DeaverThe mission of the Gestapo expanded steadily as, from 1933 onward, “political criminality” was given a much broader definition than ever before and most forms of dissent and criticism were gradually criminalized. The result was that more “laws” or lawlike measures were put on the books than ever.~ Shelia FitzpatrickThe threat of people acting in their own enlightened and rational self-interest strikes bureaucrats, politicians and social workers as ominous and dangerous.~ W. G. Hill Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print