Politics Quotes

— This is madness.
— This is politics.

Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself.

The masses never revolt of their own accord, and they never revolt merely because they are oppressed.
Indeed, so long as they are not permitted to have standards of comparison, they never even become aware that they are oppressed.

Give the people contests they win by remembering the words to more popular songs or the names of state capitals or how much corn Iowa grew last year. Cram them full of non? combustible data, chock them so damned full of 'facts' they feel stuffed, but absolutely `brilliant' with information. Then they'll feel they're thinking, they'll get a sense of motion without moving. And they'll be happy, because facts of that sort don't change. Don't give them any slippery stuff like philosophy or sociology to tie things up with.

Equations are more important to me, because politics is for the present, but an equation is something for eternity.

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Albert Einstein

Science

That is simple my friend: because politics is more difficult than physics.

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Albert Einstein

Physics

— My nephew Lance is over there fighting to give those people democracy.
— Oh, so that's why we're over there, and here I thought it was to root out terrorists. Or was it for the oil? Or for Mama Hussein's secret falafel recipe? It got so gosh darn hard to keep track.

Politics is the art of compromise.

The common peopIe pray for rain, health and a summer that never ends. They don't care what games the high lords play.

If you don't want a man unhappy politically, don't give him two sides to a question to worry him; give him one.

Diplomacy is to do and say the nastiest things in the nicest way.

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Isaac Goldberg

Diplomacy

You can't build a house without nails and wood. If you don't want a house built, hide the nails and wood. If you don't want a man unhappy politically, don't give him two sides to a question to worry him; give him one. Better yet, give him none.

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