--- title: "11 Political Philosophers Quotes by 6 authors" description: "Browse 11 Political Philosophers quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Political Philosophers sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c6/thaddeus-russell-282172_american-history_the-fight-that-political-philosophers-ha_1437955.jpg" --- > [“...the fight that political philosophers have always identified as the central conflict in human history: that between the individual and society. Thus…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thaddeus-russell/the-fight-that-political-philosophers-have-always-identified-as-the/) [Thaddeus Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thaddeus-russell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c6/thaddeus-russell-282172_american-history_the-fight-that-political-philosophers-ha_1437955.jpg) > [Two of my favorite political philosophers, Mao Zedong and Mother Teresa - not often coupled with each together, but the two people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anita-dunn/two-of-my-favorite-political-philosophers-mao-zedong-and-mother-2/) [Anita Dunn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anita-dunn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b1/anita-dunn-46610_mao_two-of-my-favorite-political-philosopher_1465076.png) > [The fact is that all the important political philosophers and scientists from the great Aristotle on, with the exception of those of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mario-bunge/the-fact-is-that-all-the-important-political-philosophers-and/) [Mario Bunge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mario-bunge/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/92a/mario-bunge-17317_enlightenment_the-fact-is-that-all-the-important-polit_1660402.jpg) > [The American people want to pay attention to serious ideas again. Our founding was built by people who were political philosophers, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-brat/the-american-people-want-to-pay-attention-to-serious-ideas-again-our/) [Dave Brat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-brat/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b9/dave-brat-19674_again_the-american-people-want-to-pay-attentio_1150430.jpg) > [The ideas of economists and political philosophers, both when they are right and when they are wrong, are more powerful than is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-maynard-keynes/the-ideas-of-economists-and-political-philosophers-both-when-they-are/) [John Maynard Keynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-maynard-keynes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a11/john-maynard-keynes-1380_democracy_the-ideas-of-economists-and-political-ph_2196125.png) > [Two of my favorite political philosophers, Mao Zedong and Mother Teresa, not often coupled with each other, but the two people that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anita-dunn/two-of-my-favorite-political-philosophers-mao-zedong-and-mother/) [Anita Dunn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anita-dunn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/deb/anita-dunn-46610_mao_two-of-my-favorite-political-philosopher_831606.png) > [ “\[T\]he ideas of economists and political philosophers, both when they are right and when they are wrong, are more powerful than is… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/t-he-ideas-of-economists-and-political-philosophers-both-when-they/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea6/todd-buchholz-153091_philosophy_t-he-ideas-of-economists-and-political-p_1932202.jpg) > [The third lesson and tip actually comes from two of my favorite political philosophers: Mao Zedong and Mother Teresa — not often…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anita-dunn/the-third-lesson-and-tip-actually-comes-from-two-of-my-favorite-2/) [Anita Dunn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anita-dunn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/186/anita-dunn-46610_challenges_the-third-lesson-and-tip-actually-comes_889776.jpg) > [Few if any political philosophers have had the courage of tackling the Cold War. Even the best of them have kept silent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mario-bunge/few-if-any-political-philosophers-have-had-the-courage-of-tackling/) [Mario Bunge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mario-bunge/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e75/mario-bunge-17317_cold_few-if-any-political-philosophers-have-h_1944504.jpg) > [The third lesson and tip actually comes from two of my favorite political philosophers: Mao Tse-tung and Mother Theresa - not often…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anita-dunn/the-third-lesson-and-tip-actually-comes-from-two-of-my-favorite/) [Anita Dunn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anita-dunn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc4/anita-dunn-46610_education_the-third-lesson-and-tip-actually-comes_788699.jpg) > [“the ideas of economists and political philosophers, both when they are right and when they are wrong, are more powerful than is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-maynard-keynes/the-ideas-of-economists-and-political-philosophers-both-when-they-are-2/) [John Maynard Keynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-maynard-keynes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94e/john-maynard-keynes-1380_economics_the-ideas-of-economists-and-political-ph_2604671.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/political-philosophers/#itemlist", "name": "Political Philosophers Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“...the fight that political philosophers have always identified as the central conflict in human history: that between the individual and society. 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