Politics Quotes by Tom Robbins

What is politics, after all, but the compulsion to preside over property and make other peoples' decisions for them?

— Tom Robbins

“They accepted my donation, so they're aware they'd better serve my interests or I'll buy some leadership that will.”

— Tom Robbins

Politics is for people who have a passion for changing life but lack a passion for living it.

— Tom Robbins

When we accept bad art because it's good politics, we're killing the swan to feed the chickens.

— Tom Robbins

“Tunnel vision is caused by an optic fungus that multiplies when the brain is less energetic than the ego. It is complicated…

— Tom Robbins

“Anarchy is like custard cooking over a flame; it has to be constantly stirred or it sticks and gets heavy, like government.”

— Tom Robbins

Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business.

— Tom Robbins

“Liberty, the very opposite of ownership and control, cannot, then, result from political action, either at the polls or the barricades, but…

— Tom Robbins

“His first—and worst—mistake was blindly doing what he was told to do. Without questioning their methods or their motives, he allowed politicians…

— Tom Robbins

I believe in political solutions to political problems. But man's primary problems aren't political; they're philosophical. Until humans can solve their philosophical…

— Tom Robbins

“since religion bore false witness to the Divine, religion was blasphemy. And once it entered into its unholy alliance with politics, it…

— Tom Robbins

Political activism is seductive because it seems to offer the possibility that one can improve society, make things better, without going through…

— Tom Robbins

“For the ethical, political activism was seductive because it seemed to offer the possibility that one could improve society, make things better,…

— Tom Robbins

Look, America is no more a democracy than Russia is a Communist state. The governments of the U.S. and Russia are practically…

— Tom Robbins

What is politics, after all, but the compulsion to preside over property and make others people's decisions for them? Liberty, the very…

— Tom Robbins

“A mask has but one expression, frozen and eternal, yet it is always and ever the essential expression, and to hide one’s…

— Tom Robbins

“February is pitiless, and it is boring. That parade of red numerals on its page adds up to zero: birthdays of politicians,…

— Tom Robbins

“Disorder is inherent in stability. Civilized man doesn't understand stability. He's confused it with rigidity. Our political and economic and social leaders…

— Tom Robbins

“Look, America is no more a democracy than Russia is a Communist state. The governments of the U.S. and Russia are practically…

— Tom Robbins

“Sissy: You really don't believe in political solutions do you? The Chink: I believe in political solutions to political problems. But man's…

— Tom Robbins

“What is politics, after all, but the compulsion to preside over property and make other peoples' decisions for them? Liberty, the very…

— Tom Robbins