Politics quotes
15 quotes. Authors include Abraham Lincoln, Benjamin Franklin, Fawn M. Brodie, John F. Kennedy, Winston Churchill.
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“The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.”
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“A house divided against itself cannot stand.”
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“I look forward to a great future for America - a future in which our country will match its military strength with our moral restraint, its wealth with our wisdom, its power with our purpose.”
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“I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends.”
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“The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.”
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“A passion for politics stems usually from an insatiable need, either for power, or for friendship and adulation, or a combination of both.”
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“Without freedom of thought, there can be no such thing as wisdom - and no such thing as public liberty without freedom of speech.”
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“I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts.”
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“A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.”
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“We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.”
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“The ballot is stronger than the bullet.”
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“You can always count on Americans to do the right thing - after they've tried everything else.”
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“Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.”
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“Russia is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.”
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“The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries.”