Difficult task Quote by Agatha Christie

“Unlike the political opportunist, the true statesman values principle above popularity, and works to create popularity for those political principles which are wise and…

— Ezra Taft Benson

“If the way to do good to my country were to render myself popular, I could easily do it. But extravagant popularity is not…

— John Adams

“A man full of warm, speculative benevolence may wish his society otherwise constituted than he finds it; but a good patriot, and a true…

— Edmund Burke

That politician who curries favor with the citizens and indulges them and fawns upon them and has a presentiment of their wishes, and is…

— Plato

“Sadly we live in a society where it is more popular to be popular than to be honorable, audacious and worthy.”

— Sravani Saha Nakhro

“Ever, while you live, choose the popular side in an election; that is, if you have no particular political prejudices of your own; for…

— Emily Eden

For a politician, the mans to power is paramount, and the ideology, in a way, can look after itself; I'm afraid a writer can't…

— David Hare

Who are to be the objects of popular choice? Every citizen whose merit may recommend him to the esteem and confidence of his country.

— James Madison

What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition to virtue and the…

— Aristotle

“Popularity is no boast. From politics to fashion, history has shown popularity is, too often, just a loud celebration of a common ignorance.”

— Kerry Cue

But a good patriot, and a true politician, always considers how he shall make the most of the existing materials of his country. A…

— Edmund Burke

“The skill of the politician consists in guessing what people can be brought to think advantageous to themselves; the skill of the experts consists…

— Bertrand Russell