--- title: "12 Philosophy Political Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 12 Philosophy Political quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Philosophy Political sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38c/lee-isaac-chung-5469_go_i-thought-i-would-go-into-philosophy-and_214795.jpg" --- > [I thought I would go into philosophy and political science.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-isaac-chung/i-thought-i-would-go-into-philosophy-and-political-science/) [Lee Isaac Chung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-isaac-chung/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38c/lee-isaac-chung-5469_go_i-thought-i-would-go-into-philosophy-and_214795.jpg) > [I have a social philosophy; you have political opinions; he has an ideology.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clifford-geertz/i-have-a-social-philosophy-you-have-political-opinions-he-has-an/) [Clifford Geertz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clifford-geertz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ca/clifford-geertz-11500_ideology_i-have-a-social-philosophy-you-have-poli_842408.png) > [...there are some who are naturally fitted for philosophy and political leadership, while the rest should follow their lead and let philosophy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/there-are-some-who-are-naturally-fitted-for-philosophy-and-political/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/276/plato-103_inspirational_there-are-some-who-are-naturally-fitted_951365.jpg) > [The American people need no course in philosophy or political science of church history to know that God should not be made…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mario-cuomo/the-american-people-need-no-course-in-philosophy-or-political-science/) [Mario Cuomo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mario-cuomo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e6f/mario-cuomo-4807_american_the-american-people-need-no-course-in-ph_450932.png) > [We've got communism. We have Bushism. We have Clintonism. But there isn't a Trumpism. Bullet-point for me what the Trump political philosophy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rush-limbaugh/we-ve-got-communism-we-have-bushism-we-have-clintonism-but-there-isn/) [Rush Limbaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rush-limbaugh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b9/rush-limbaugh-28_bushism_we-ve-got-communism-we-have-bushism-we-h_1660328.jpg) > [Until philosophers are kings, or the kings and princes of this world have the spirit and power of philosophy, and political greatness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/until-philosophers-are-kings-or-the-kings-and-princes-of-this-world/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ee/plato-103_believe_until-philosophers-are-kings-or-the-king_1224113.jpg) > [The adjective "political" in "political philosophy" designates not so much the subject matter as a manner of treatment; from this point of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-strauss/the-adjective-political-in-political-philosophy-designates-not-so/) [Leo Strauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leo-strauss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c0d/leo-strauss-12446_adjectives_the-adjective-political-in-political-phi_2658818.jpg) > [Confession frees, but power reduces one to silence; truth does not belong to the order of power, but shares an origincal affinity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-foucault/confession-frees-but-power-reduces-one-to-silence-truth-does-not/) [Michel Foucault](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michel-foucault/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1d/michel-foucault-1134_affinity_confession-frees-but-power-reduces-one-t_2835400.jpg) > [The American people need no course in philosophy or political science or church history to know that God should not be made…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mario-cuomo/the-american-people-need-no-course-in-philosophy-or-political-science-2/) [Mario Cuomo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mario-cuomo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24e/mario-cuomo-4807_american-people_the-american-people-need-no-course-in-ph_2606059.png) > [“However intrinsically loony an idea may be, when people believe it, and act on that belief, it attains a power that can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-b-spence/however-intrinsically-loony-an-idea-may-be-when-people-believe-it-and/) [Richard B. Spence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-b-spence/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5de/richard-b-spence-62125_antisemitism_however-intrinsically-loony-an-idea-may_135287.jpg) > [“Jürgen Habermas currently ranks as one of the most influential philosophers in the world. Bridging continental and Anglo-American traditions of thought, he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/jurgen-habermas-currently-ranks-as-one-of-the-most-influential/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/228/anonymous-1_philosophy_jurgen-habermas-currently-ranks-as-one-o_375287.jpg) > [Scientific theories never dictate human values, but they can often cast new light on ethical issues. From a sexual selection viewpoint, moral…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-miller/scientific-theories-never-dictate-human-values-but-they-can-often/) [Geoffrey Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoffrey-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a8/geoffrey-miller-33444_accumulation_scientific-theories-never-dictate-human_1006463.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/philosophy-political/#itemlist", "name": "Philosophy Political Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I thought I would go into philosophy and political science.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lee Isaac Chung" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-isaac-chung/i-thought-i-would-go-into-philosophy-and-political-science/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38c/lee-isaac-chung-5469_go_i-thought-i-would-go-into-philosophy-and_214795.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38c/lee-isaac-chung-5469_go_i-thought-i-would-go-into-philosophy-and_214795.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38c/lee-isaac-chung-5469_go_i-thought-i-would-go-into-philosophy-and_214795.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I thought I would go into philosophy and political science.” — Lee Isaac Chung", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I have a social philosophy; you have political opinions; he has an ideology.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Clifford Geertz" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clifford-geertz/i-have-a-social-philosophy-you-have-political-opinions-he-has-an/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ca/clifford-geertz-11500_ideology_i-have-a-social-philosophy-you-have-poli_842408.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ca/clifford-geertz-11500_ideology_i-have-a-social-philosophy-you-have-poli_842408.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ca/clifford-geertz-11500_ideology_i-have-a-social-philosophy-you-have-poli_842408.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I have a social philosophy; you have political opinions; he has an ideology.” — Clifford Geertz", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "...there are some who are naturally fitted for philosophy and political leadership, while the rest should follow their lead and let philosophy alone.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Plato" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/there-are-some-who-are-naturally-fitted-for-philosophy-and-political/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/276/plato-103_inspirational_there-are-some-who-are-naturally-fitted_951365.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/276/plato-103_inspirational_there-are-some-who-are-naturally-fitted_951365.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/276/plato-103_inspirational_there-are-some-who-are-naturally-fitted_951365.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“...there are some who are naturally fitted for philosophy and political leadership, while the rest should…” — Plato", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The American people need no course in philosophy or political science of church history to know that God should not be made into a celestial party chairman.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mario Cuomo" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mario-cuomo/the-american-people-need-no-course-in-philosophy-or-political-science/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e6f/mario-cuomo-4807_american_the-american-people-need-no-course-in-ph_450932.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e6f/mario-cuomo-4807_american_the-american-people-need-no-course-in-ph_450932.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e6f/mario-cuomo-4807_american_the-american-people-need-no-course-in-ph_450932.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The American people need no course in philosophy or political science of church history to know that God…” — Mario Cuomo", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We've got communism. 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A simple case in point is Nazi anti-Semitism. The fringe and utterly bogus notion that Jews represented a kind of biological contamination that had to be eradicated root and branch became the operative philosophy of a political regime and as a result millions of people died.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Richard B. 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His extensive written work addresses topics stretching from social-political theory to aesthetics, epistemology and language to philosophy of religion, and his ideas have significantly influenced not only philosophy but also political-legal thought, sociology, communication studies, argumentation theory and rhetoric, developmental psychology and theology.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anonymous" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/jurgen-habermas-currently-ranks-as-one-of-the-most-influential/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/228/anonymous-1_philosophy_jurgen-habermas-currently-ranks-as-one-o_375287.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/228/anonymous-1_philosophy_jurgen-habermas-currently-ranks-as-one-o_375287.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/228/anonymous-1_philosophy_jurgen-habermas-currently-ranks-as-one-o_375287.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Jürgen Habermas currently ranks as one of the most influential philosophers in the world. 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