Quotes about "Politics & Government"

An old African leader says about leadership, he says that leadership should never be shared; it should always remain in the hands of the dispossessed people. We will lead the revolution. ”

War is, in fact, an extension of politics, and in any war, military operations have to be conducted in such a way that they contribute to sustainable political outcomes consistent with vital interests that are at stake in that war. ”

I confess I enjoy democracy immensely. It is incomparably idiotic, and hence incomparably amusing. ”

Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard. ”

Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public. ”

Democracy is only a dream: it should be put in the same category as Arcadia, Santa Claus, and Heaven. ”

A national political campaign is better than the best circus ever heard of, with a mass baptism and a couple of hangings thrown in. ”

Democracy is also a form of worship. It is the worship of Jackals by Jackasses. ”

Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage. ”

It is inaccurate to say that I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty, and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible for public office. ”