Politics Quotes

"A leader is best when people barely know he exists; when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves."

"When a country is well governed, poverty and a mean condition are things to be ashamed of. When a country is ill governed, riches and honor are things to be ashamed of."

Confucius

"The people are the most important element in a nation; the spirits of the land and grain are the next; the sovereign is the least."

Mencius

"All men are my children."

Ashoka

"Where the king rules with justice, there the seasonal rains and abundant crops abide."

Thiruvalluvar

"Nationalism is a great menace."

"Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of man will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice without constraint."

"They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."

"If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter."

George Washington

"The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government."

George Washington

"Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves."

"The government is us; we are the government, you and I."

Theodore Roosevelt

"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles... The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena."

Theodore Roosevelt

"Politics ought to be the part-time profession of every citizen who would protect the rights and privileges of free people."

Dwight D. Eisenhower

"In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex."

Dwight D. Eisenhower

"Some people's idea of free speech is that they are free to say what they like, but if anyone says anything back, that is an outrage."

"If you have ten thousand regulations you destroy all respect for the law."

"If you want to make enemies, try to change something."

Woodrow Wilson

"Blessed are the young, for they shall inherit the national debt."

Herbert Hoover

"In America, any boy may become president, and I suppose it's just one of the risks he takes."

Adlai Stevenson

"A free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular."

Adlai Stevenson

"Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as you please."

Mark Twain

"Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others."

"Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job."

Douglas Adams

"That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons of history."