916 quotes found
“Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies.”
“The greatest and most powerful revolutions often start very quietly, hidden in the shadows. Remember that.”
“We in America do not have government by the majority. We have government by the majority who participate.”
“Absolute power does not corrupt absolutely, absolute power attracts the corruptible.”
“Now, there's one thing you might have noticed I don't complain about: politicians. Everybody complains about politicians. Everybody says they suck. Well, where do people think these politicians com...”
“Society is like a stew. If you don't stir it up every once in a while then a layer of scum floats to the top.”
“Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you. ”
“In the beginning of a change the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot.”
“Politicians and diapers must be changed often, and for the same reason.”
“The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government - lest it come to dominate our lives and interests.”
“Have you ever wondered why Republicans are so interested in encouraging people to volunteer in their communities? Its because volunteers work for no pay. Republicans have been trying to get people ...”
“the difference between a rebel and a patriot depends upon who is in power at the moment.”
“I ascribe to Mark Twain's theory that the last person who should be President is the one who wants it the most. The one who should be picked is the one who should be dragged kicking and screaming i...”
“A good politician is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar.”
“There's not a liberal America and a conservative America - there's the United States of America.”
“The promise given was a necessity of the past: the word broken is a necessity of the present.”
“I'll be your minister--""Of the exchequer? You'd rob me blind.""I would never steal from you," he'd said hotly."Oh? Where is my tourmaline necklace? Where are my missing earrings?""That necklace wa...”
“The death of one is a tragedy, but death of a million is just a statistic. ”
“A politician needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen.”
“Don't get so tolerant that you tolerate intolerance.”
