Politicsics Quotes

[The American President] has to take all sorts of abuse from liars and demagogues.… The people can never understand why the President does not use his supposedly great power to make ’em behave. Well, all the President is, is a glorified public relations man who spends his time flattering, kissing and kicking people to get them to do what they are supposed to do anyway.

~ Harry Truman

Every election is determined by the people who show up.

~ Larry J. Sabato

The ruling power is always faced with the question, ‘In such and such circumstances, what would you do?’, whereas the opposition is not obliged to take responsibility or make any real decisions.

~ George Orwell

Politics is the art of the possible, the attainable — the art of the next best

~ Otto Von Bismarck

the centre is missing, but we cannot stop searching for it or positing it. It is not that there is nothing there - it is that what is there is not capable of exercising responsibility

~ Mark Fisher

When widely followed public figures feel free to say anything, without any fact-checking, it becomes impossible for a democracy to think intelligently about big issues.

~ Thomas L. Friedman

There's no greater joy in life than enjoying power without responsibility. - Mukta Prajapati

~ Tuhin A. Sinha

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