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We have the tools, but we have to learn how to use them. That is my political philosophy. — Harri Holkeri

Let bricks of truth fill the skies and send their walls of conformity crashing down
And let the heavens echo with the blows of our liberation — Steven A. Williams

Any political philosophy is perfect in a given moment...but moments are fleeting. — Michele Poague

The new ruler must determine all the injuries that he will need to inflict. He must inflict them once and for all. — Niccolo Machiavelli

Men are not allowed to think freely about chemistry and biology: why should they be allowed to think freely about political philosophy? — Auguste Comte

Though the people support the government; the government should not support the people. — Grover Cleveland

My interest in political philosophy was rather casual until I met Hayek. — Milton Friedman

Woe to any sheep that hunts with wolves - rjs — Rassool Jibraeel Snyman

The only truths worth arguing about are those truths that could prevent or lead to circumstances that may bite us in the rear sooner or later. — Criss Jami

Sovereign is he who decides on the exception. — Carl Schmitt

I think that gay marriage is something that should be between a man and a woman. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

Deception and privileged secrets are common facets of politics. — Wayne Gerard Trotman

We are all born to love people and use things. Unfortunately, we grow to love things and use people ... — T. Rafael Cimino

Exemplary leaders lead by loyalty and not by authority". — Abdulazeez Henry Musa

Success of democracy lies within the analytical thought of a common man. — M.H. Rakib

Politics is - once in a while - a forum for serious debate about political philosophy. — P. J. O'Rourke

Far too many politicians suffer from foot and mouth disease; they always put a foot in their mouths — Rassool Jibraeel Snyman

You don't die when your body stops functioning. You die when your name is uttered for the last time in the world. — Abhijit Naskar

Anarchism as a political philosophy seeks to dissolve all forms of authority and power, and if possible, wishes their complete abolition. — Peter Marshall

Divide and rule, a sound motto. Unite and lead, a better one. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

As government expands, liberty contracts. — Ronald Reagan

Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing. — John Stuart Mill

Only a person who perceives that all human beings are important can become a great leader. — Auliq Ice

Life is indeed precious and I believe the death penalty helps to affirm that fact. — Edward I. Koch

Lord Bolingbroke, who was an eighteenth-century political philosopher, called history "philosophy taught with examples. — David McCullough

Politicians are not afraid of their mistakes, they are afraid their mistakes will not succeed — Bangambiki Habyarimana

Sincerity is not part of the political vocabulary. If it is used or implied bells should ring — Bangambiki Habyarimana

Liberty cannot be established without morality, nor morality without faith. — Alexis De Tocqueville

If terrorism has no religion then intolerance has no country either — Subhasis Das

If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared. — Niccolo Machiavelli

Only by showing the world the cataclysmic cost of a world divided can it appreciate the wonders of life and endless possibilities of a world united. — William Bailey

The political philosophy of black nationalism means that the black man should control the politics and the politicians in his own community; no more. — Malcolm X

Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves. — Ronald Reagan

In the practice of our politics we do not believe that the end always justifies the means. — Combahee River Collective

As history has also shown, especially in the twentieth century, one of the first things an ideologue will do after achieving absolute power is kill. — Thomas Sowell

No Republican presidential candidate is a viable option for pro-choice voters of any political philosophy - Democrat, Republican or otherwise. — Christine Pelosi

Politics, it's all corrupt! — Steven Magee

Democracy is a poor system; the only thing that can be said for it is that it's eight times as good as any other method. — Robert A. Heinlein

It is hard to hear the truth from people who get paid to distort it. — Sean S. Kamali

We don't have a trillion-dollar debt because we haven't taxed enough; we have a trillion-dollar debt because we spend too much. — Ronald Reagan

Democracy and tyranny are not distant relatives. They're bedfellows."

-General John James
Commandant, USMC
December 11th, 2032 — L. Douglas Hogan

We must endure the ignorant to protect the liberty of the majority. — James D. Best

Politics is clueless; I can claim -"I am a politician" only because I am not. — Munia Khan

The difference between Nazism and Communism is just the size of the leader's moustache. — Adriano Bulla

The media controls the mind. — Jim Morrison

The first thing a man will do for his ideals is lie. — Joseph Schumpeter

Is it better to be loved or feared? — Niccolo Machiavelli

If you do not want to be lied to, then you need to stop following politics. — Steven Magee

The purpose of the state is really freedom. — Baruch Spinoza

The responsibility of political philosophy that tries to engage with practice is to be clear, or at least accessible. — Michael Sandel

In a society run by terror, no statements whatsoever can be taken seriously. — Milan Kundera

The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation. — Bertrand Russell

Give us what belongs to us in peace, and if you don't give it to us in peace, we will take it by force. — Emma Goldman

Politics preys on people's naivety — Bangambiki Habyarimana

I would rather write a book without a title if my true friend chooses to live in a million dollar home in London and acts foreign. — Duop Chak Wuol

Politics and justice seldom walk hand in hand. — Wayne Gerard Trotman

Fear mankind most when he fights with a consuming passion for what he perceives to be true." ~ Demo Cratia. — Farah Evers

A stable and prosperous DRC is the victory of the World. Congo is a deciding factor for Africa's development whether we like it or not. — Ahmed Padia Binkatabana

Democracy is worth dying for, because it's the most deeply honorable form of government ever devised by man. — Ronald Reagan

Geography should be the ultimate deciding factor for every political dilemma for proximity to an ailing land is bound to result in one's infection. — Aysha Taryam

Regaring Politics: You've got your cats on one side and your dogs on the other; someone has to walk the fence and feed the animals. - Kinky Friedman — Ray Palla

When people believe that the local government and economy serve their needs. There is little desire to protest. — Auliq Ice

Many people take a very low view of politicians, but that is exactly how they conduct their social interactions daily — Bangambiki Habyarimana

Leo Strauss's discoveries in the history of political philosophy had the effect of liberating his students from the yoke of contemporary thought. — William Kristol

We fight exploitation of man by man in words but live it in daily life — Bangambiki Habyarimana

Anticipatory obedience is a political tragedy. — Timothy Snyder

It was a mistake to speak one's mind at any time, unless it perfectly matched your political purpose; and it never did. — Kim Stanley Robinson

The health of a democratic society may be measured by the quality of functions performed by private citizens. — Alexis De Tocqueville

My favourite author is Leon Trotsky - the political philosophy and the way he writes is beautiful, and really relevant, too. — Andrej Pejic

He's a beautiful man, but I'm sorry he doesn't agree with my political philosophy

Tip O'Neill on Ronald Reagan — Chris Matthews

Politics is the art of promising heaven and delivering purgatory, and claiming hero status for saving your country from hell. — Bangambiki Habyarimana

If in other respects the old condition of things be continued, and there be no discordance in their customs, men live peaceably with one another ... — Niccolo Machiavelli

One way ... in which a political philosophy can be ideological is by presenting a relatively marginal issue as if it were central and essential. — Raymond Geuss

Not every smile is genuine some are just the bared fangs of wolves about to eat you - rjs — Rassool Jibraeel Snyman

Round pegs in square holes tend to have dangerous thoughts about the social system and tend to infect others with their discontents. — Aldous Huxley

Benefit to the community precedes benefit to the individual — Adolf Hitler

The only stable state is the one in which all men are equal before the law. — Aristotle.

Like us, those vanished warriors planted their standards in the sands of their own self-summoned extinction. — Steven Pressfield

Prolific irony - For 8 years, the finger on the button that could end the world belonged to a president who couldn't pronounce the word nuclear. — T. Rafael Cimino

The FDA and the EPA are supposed to be protecting us, not the people who make the poison. — Kenneth Eade

It's not the voting that's democracy, it's the counting. — Tom Stoppard

Do you prefer to be with people who glow with love and compassion or those who burn with anger fueled by religious doctrine or political ideology? — Jeff Rasley

How can the nation be mightier, without unity of its citizens? — Lailah Gifty Akita

My relationship with Barack Obama isn't based on my political philosophy or his. — Tom Coburn

A politician lost an argument; he went on a rampage with his fists pointed towards the sky - a move which amounts to a search for a new self. — Duop Chak Wuol

I'm guessing you thought I was way off on your political philosophy but right on the button about the other two. Just think about that for a while. — John Scalzi

The average man does not want to be free. he simply wants to be safe. — H.L. Mencken

It's no use trying to talk philosophy to our politicians. And I'm not a moral or political philosopher. I'm not interested in that. — Marjorie Grene

A comedian is better than a politician; at least there is no doubt. — Bangambiki Habyarimana

Democracy is not a form of government. It is a political philosophy that can be embodied in various systems of government. — John Allen Fraser

Live as if you were a country and other people as other nations. Then learn politics — Bangambiki Habyarimana

In theory man is put at the center of everything but in practice he is barely allowed to sit on the sidelines — Bangambiki Habyarimana

To change a political system, the majority of the thinking citizens must unite, speak with one voice and stand firm like one leg. — Ahmed Padia Binkatabana

We measure morality by what happens. Not what is intended. — Dennis Prager

Politicians look for interests not people — Bangambiki Habyarimana

I dream of a world where Science shapes the structure of a society, rather than politics. — Abhijit Naskar

I now find my political philosophy more in line with Democrats than Republicans, — Arlen Specter

Society is full of varieties, is this possible to make all of them sensitive? Then there will be no politics. — Vikram Roy

The time has come,the Walrus said, — Lewis Carroll

Whereas the consolations of religion are mainly personal, the burdens are social and political as well as personal. — A.C. Grayling