Politics Quotes

Justice, sir, is the great interest of man on earth. It is the ligament which holds civilized beings and civilized nations together.

When the body of the people is possessed of the supreme power, it is called a democracy.

When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators.

The only difference between the Democrats and the Republicans is that the Democrats allow the poor to be corrupt, too.

Those who stand for nothing fall for anything.

Every man who repeats the dogma of Mill that one country is no fit to rule another country must admit that one class is not fit to rule another class.

If you have ten thousand regulations you destroy all respect for the law.

The flood of money that gushes into politics today is a pollution of democracy.

The United States brags about its political system, but the President says one thing during the election, something else when he takes office, something else at midterm and something else when he leaves.

The more I see of the representatives of the people, the more I admire my dogs.

'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.

Radical changes in world politics leave America with a heightened responsibility to be, for the world, an example of a genuinely free, democratic, just and humane society.

It is difficult to discern a serious threat to religious liberty from a room of silent, thoughtful schoolchildren.

The largest party in America, by the way, is neither the Democrats nor the Republicans. It's the party of non-voters.

The most important political office is that of the private citizen.

In most places in the country, voting is looked upon as a right and a duty, but in Chicago it's a sport.

Politics is the art of choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable.

There can be no wise politics without thought beforehand.

Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word.

I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.