Skip to content

Paul Valéry on Politics

1871–1945 France

← All quotes by Paul Valéry

2 quotes

Politics is the art of preventing people from taking part in affairs which properly concern them.

Tel Quel (1943)

Politics is the art of stopping people from minding their own business.

Tel Quel (1943)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Paul Valéry (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.