Famous Quotes

"In politics, merit is rewarded by the possessor being raised, like a target, to a position to be fired at."

Christian Nestell Bovee on Politics

More quotes about Politics

• "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 Christian Nestell Bovee

• "There is great beauty in going through life without anxiety or fear. Half our fears are baseless, and the other half discreditable."

• "Next to being witty, the best thing is being able to quote another's wit."

• "Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources. In desperate straits the fears of the timid aggravate the dangers that imperil the brave."

• "A failure establishes only this, that our determination to succeed was not strong enough."

• "They are the weakest, however strong, who have no faith in themselves or their own powers."