Politics and Government Quotes

The most curious point about the Cabinet is that so very little is known about it.

In politics stupidity is not a handicap.

Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few

Blessed are the young, for they shall inherit the national debt

That government is best which governs least

I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts

England and America are two countries separated by the same language

The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed

Politics are almost as exciting as war and quite as dangerous. In war you can only be killed once, but in politics - many times

Power is action; the electoral principle is discussion. No political action is possible when discussion is permanently established.

Justice and power must be brought together, so that whatever is just may be powerful, and whatever is powerful may be just.

Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers

I always voted at my party's call, and I never thought of thinking for myself at all.

I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office

If you have ten thousand regulations you destroy all respect for the law

Liberalism is trust of the people tempered by prudence. Conservatism is distrust of the people tempered by fear

One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors

The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis.

The world is governed by opinion

History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.