politics
“Why is it that right-wing bastards stand shoulder to shoulder, while liberals fall out among themselves?”
“The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity.”
“Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold.”
“On this point, I have written to the Viceroy, entreating him to institute the Holy Inquisition, a measure which is sorely needed in India.”
“I'm no politician. I'm not even a student of politics.”
“A ballot is like a bullet.”
“If violence is wrong in America, violence is wrong abroad.”
“Women ought to have representatives, instead of being arbitrarily governed without one, in a country where they are taxed.”
“Any American who is prepared to run for president should be disqualified by definition.”
“Politics is the art of preventing people from taking part in affairs which properly concern them.”
“Politicians only get to the top because they have no qualifications to detain them at the bottom.”
“Corruption is nature's way of restoring our faith in democracy.”
“In America, through pressure of conformity, there is freedom of choice, but nothing to choose from.”
“The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws.”
“I don’t make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.”
“An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.”
“Those who promise us paradise on earth never produced anything but a hell.”
“The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself.”
“There aren’t any good, brave causes left.”
“In our age there is no such thing as “keeping out of politics.” All issues are political issues.”