Political Quotes - Page 50

It is economic power that determines political power, and governments become the political functionaries of economic power.

Midas, they say, possessed the art of old; Of turning whatsoe'er he touch'd to gold; This modern statesmen can reverse with ease - Touch them with gold, they'll turn to what you please.

I've got all of my enemies here in the Cabinet where I can keep an eye on them.

The one thing I do not want to be called is First Lady. It sounds like a saddle horse.

Socialism, when the last word is said, is merely a new economic and political system whereby more men can get food to eat.

While the Christian faith clearly teaches that believers are to be involved as good citizens in the state, nevertheless, it is obvious why so many secularists are addicted to politics because political power is a surrogate for a Higher Power.

Knowledge of human nature is the beginning and end of political education.

Political Economy means that everybody except politicians must be economical.

I learned in business that you had to be very careful when you told somebody that's working for you to do something, because the chances were very high he'd do it. In government, you don't have to worry about that.

The two pillars of 'political correctness' are, a) willful ignorance, and b) a steadfast refusal to face the truth.

It is very doubtful whether man is enough of a political animal to produce a good, sensible, serious and efficient constitution. All the evidence is against it.

Revolution is indeed a violent process. But if it is to result only in a change of dictatorship, in a shifting of names and political personalities, then it is hardly worth while.

Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays instead of serving you if he sacrifices it to your opinion.

When liberty is taken away by force it can be restored by force. When it is relinquished voluntarily by default it can never be recovered.

What about self-awareness, the mysterious ability of the brain to reflect upon itself? Self-awareness can be tampered with by brainwashing, psychoactive drugs, electrical stimulation, political or religious propaganda, even advertising. A lifetime in front of a TV set may be the equivalent of a self transplant.

A tolerant person should not be harrased. The subject or the ruled ones generally is loyal to the ruler. The people tak to revolt when they are helpless. The duty of the ruler is that his humble people mey not tak to revolt being suppressed by his bad polity. Considering the forbearance of the subject, do not ill behave with them so that they may feel oppressed.

The way to have power is to take it.

I think the political process has degenerated into name-calling and extremism, and I think that that's unfortunate.

Ask a man which way he is going to vote, and he will probably tell you. Ask him, however, why, and vagueness is all.

Law in general is human reason, inasmuch as it governs all the inhabitants of the earth: the political and civil laws of each nation ought to be only the particular cases in which human reason is applied.

Nowhere else in the Constitution does a "right" attributed to "the people" refer to anything other than an individual right. What is more, in all six other provisions of the Constitution that mention "the people," the term unambiguously refers to all members of the political community, not an unspecified subset... The Second Amendment extends, prima facie, to all instruments that constitute bearable arms... The very text of the Second Amendment implicitly recognizes the pre-existence of the right and declares only that it "shall not be infringed."

Political debate with liberals is basically impossible in America today because liberals are calling names while conservatives are trying to make arguments.

I know that the right kind of political leader for the Labour Party is a desiccated calculating machine.

What the mind doesn't understand, it worships or fears.

As political and economic freedom diminishes, sexual freedom tends correspondingly to increase. And the dictator will do well to encourage that freedom...it will help to reconcile his subjects to the servitude which is their fate.