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Famous Quotes
"When the body of the people is possessed of the supreme power, it is called a democracy."
More quotes about Politics
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"Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future."
John F. Kennedy on Politics -
"Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress but I repeat myself."
Mark Twain on Politics -
"One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors."
Plato on Politics -
"If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there'd be a shortage of sand."
Milton Friedman on Politics -
"It is enough that the people know there was an election. The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything."
Joseph Stalin on Politics
More quotes by Charles de Secondat
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"Although born in a prosperous realm, we did not believe that its boundaries should limit our knowledge, and that the lore of the East should alone enlighten us."
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"As soon as man enters into a state of society he loses the sense of his weakness equality ceases, and then commences the state of war."
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"But constant experience shows us that every man invested with power is apt to abuse it, and to carry his authority as far as it will go."
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"There are three species of government: republican, monarchical, and despotic."
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"Although born in a prosperous realm, we did not believe that its boundaries should limit our knowledge, and that the lore of the East should alone enlighten us."