Whenever a man has cast a longing eye on offices a rottenness begins in his conduct.
Whenever a man has cast a longing eye on offices a rottenness begins in his conduct.
Tag: politics quotation
Principles have no real force except when one is well-fed.
Principles have no real force except when one is well-fed.
The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins all of them imaginary.
The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins all of them imaginary.
If you have ten thousand regulations you destroy all respect for the law.
If you have ten thousand regulations you destroy all respect for the law.
Healthy citizens are the greatest asset any country can have.
Healthy citizens are the greatest asset any country can have.
I am extraordinarily patient provided I get my own way in the end.
I am extraordinarily patient provided I get my own way in the end.
It is better to be violent if there is violence in our hearts than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence.
It is better to be violent if there is violence in our hearts than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence.
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy that is the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness.
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy that is the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness.
It is enough that the people know there was an election. The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything.
It is enough that the people know there was an election. The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything.
One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.
One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.
Suppose you were an idiot and suppose you were a member of Congress but I repeat myself.
Suppose you were an idiot and suppose you were a member of Congress but I repeat myself.