politics Quotes

In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one class of citizens to give to another.

The public is a ferocious beast; one must either chain it or flee from it.

Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.

Governments need to have both shepherds and butchers.

Tyrants have always some slight shade of virtue; they support the laws before destroying them.

The sovereign is called a tyrant who knows no laws but his caprice.

Clever tyrants are never punished.

The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.

In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies.

I am never going to have anything more to do with politics or politicians. When this war is over I shall confine myself entirely to writing and painting.