Quote by Alexis de Tocqueville

“Similarly, those who have been weaned off the self-aggrandizing attractions of political power are those who can then best be entrusted with it.”

— R.W.L. Moberly

“Matters of the world are dealt with more vigor and effectiveness when one views them as the right of nature instead of the superficiality…

— VD

“Through our intentions, a place no power can influence, we have the power to oppose.”

— Bryant McGill

There are those who would draw a sharp line between power politics and a principled foreign policy based on values. This polarized view -…

— Condoleezza Rice

“What interests me, personally, is work which in some way, speaks the truth to power…I don’t think we speak the truth to power for…

— Irvine Welsh

“Our country should not be asked, and should not ask of itself, to shoulder the main burden of determining the political realities in any…

— George Kennan

American power in the world relies on these ideals of openness and critical debate.

— Joseph Nye

“It's every American's duty to support his government but not necessarily in the style to which it has become accustomed.”

— Thomas Clifford Mann

It is familiar to mainstream academic scholarship. One very prominent political scientist, in his standard text American Politics 20 years ago, observes that "The…

— Noam Chomsky

“The problem with people who have power is that they start thinking more about what it takes to keep that power than they do…

— Mira Grant

“opinions are only as powerful as we allow them to be”

— Meilena Hauslendale

“Hence anyone who is to listen intelligently to lectures about what is noble and just and, generally, about the subjects of political science must…

— Aristotle