politics Quotes

In politics stupidity is not a handicap.

If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots.

I am sometimes a fox and sometimes a lion. The whole secret of government lies in knowing when to be the one or the other.

Public opinion is the thermometer a monarch should constantly consult.

A revolution can be neither made nor stopped. The only thing that can be done is for one of several of its children to give it a direction by dint of victories.

A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights.

All things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth.

In large states public education will always be mediocre, for the same reason that in large kitchens the cooking is usually bad.

Madness is rare in individuals - but in groups, parties, nations, and ages it is the rule.

Insanity in individuals is something rare - but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.