Politics Quotes
The list of top contributors is odd: Benito Mussolini has the most entries, then Disraeli, with a Nigerian governor, Bernard Crick and Jean Chrétien behind them. It reflects what Wikiquote editors chose to collect, not a ranking of who said it best.
The better-sourced lines are drier. Edmund Burke, in 1770, dismissed the cant of “Not men, but measures.” Stanisław Jerzy Lec’s Unkempt Thoughts (1957) has the shortest joke on the page, “a Trojan horse race.” Bierce’s Devil’s Dictionary (1911) calls politics a strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles.
Three well-known lines are flagged misattributed: “Politics is the art of the possible” (Franklin), a remark about playing your cards face upwards (H. G. Wells), and “politics have no relation to morals” (Machiavelli).
No one has ever died from eating lettuce, whereas politics has claimed many victims.
"Mr. President, Nigeria is too delicate for this kind of politics."
Politics is a complex, unpredictable dance, often harsh, but ultimately essential.
You need to have an understanding of politics in a satirical show.
As soon as there’s money it’s politics, compromises to be made.
Neither. I did not bring my crown, and the last thing I would want to do is get into politics.
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