Politics Sayings and Quotes

Love it or hate them or hate them, politics play a large role in shaping society. For some, politicians are seen as disingenuous people seeking power, for others they represent solutions to community ills. Decide which side you’re on with the collection of wise and humorous politics quotes below.

In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant. Charles De Gaulle
The political machine triumphs because it is united minority acting against a divided majority. Will Durant
Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river. Nikita Krushchev
In politics, an absurdity is not a handicap. Napoleon Bonaparte
Politicians and corporations have always placed economic interests above moral interests. This is now hurting the entire planet. Marianne Thieme
I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians. Charles De Gaulle
Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment nothing can fail; without it nothing can succeed. He who molds public sentiment goes deeper than he who enacts statutes or decisions possible or impossible to execute. Abraham Lincoln
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects. Lester B. Pearson
Politics is but the common pulsebeat, of which revolution is the feverspasm. Wendell Phillips
I have never regarded politics as the arena of morals. It is the arena of interests. Aneurin Bevan
The purification of politics is an iridescent dream. John Ingalls
It is dangerous for a national candidate to say things that people might remember. Eugene McCarthy
Loyalty to country ALWAYS. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it. Mark Twain
You're not to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it. Malcolm X
The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself. Plato
What right does Congress have to go around making laws just because they deem it necessary? Marion Barry
Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Lord Acton
The ballot is stronger than the bullet. Abraham Lincoln
Never underestimate the ego of a politician. Dan Brown
The men the American people admire most extravagantly are the most daring liars; the men they detest most violently are those that try to tell the truth. H.L.Mencken
The American political system is like fast food— mushy, insipid, made out of disgusting parts of things...and everybody wants some. P.J. O'Rourke
Politics is a blood sport. Aneurin Bevan
Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself...you can always write a book. Ronald Reagan
Politics is not the art of the impossible. It consists in choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable. John Kenneth Galbraith
I always figured the American public wanted a solemn ass for President, so I went along with them. Calvin Coolidge
The vice-presidency is like the last cookie on the plate. Everybody insists he won't take it, but somebody always does. Bill Vaughan
Always be sincere, even if you don't mean it. Harry S. Truman
When a man assumes a public trust, he should consider himself as public property. Thomas Jefferson
In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way. Franklin Delano Roosevelt
When I was a boy I was told anybody could become the President; I'm beginning to believe it. Clarence Darrow