Politics / Government Quotes ( 670 - 680 of 719 )
Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.
Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.
I was really too honest a man to be a politician and live.
I was really too honest a man to be a politician and live.
Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it.
Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it.
Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
It is much safer to obey, than to govern.
It is much safer to obey, than to govern.
Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one.
Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one.
We treat our people like royalty. If you honor and serve the people who work for you, they will honor read more
We treat our people like royalty. If you honor and serve the people who work for you, they will honor and serve you.
The ingrained idea that, because there is no king and they despise titles, the Americans are a free people is read more
The ingrained idea that, because there is no king and they despise titles, the Americans are a free people is pathetically untrue. There is a perpetual interference with personal liberty over there that would not be tolerated in England for a week.
Let them hate, so long as they fear.
Let them hate, so long as they fear.
Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
