Politics Quote by Aneurin Bevan

“Politics is the process by which a society chooses the rules that will govern it.”

— Daron Acemoğlu

“The territorial aristocracy of former ages was either bound by law, or thought itself bound by usage, to come to the relief of its…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

“It is supposed to be an axiom of "Western" civilization that the individual, or the truth, may not be sacrificed to hypothetical benefits such…

— Christopher Hitchens

“Law and order are everywhere the law and order which protect the established hierarchy.”

— Lee Child

The grandest of all laws is the law of progressive development. Under it, in the wide sweep of things, men grow wiser as they…

— Christian Nestell Bovee

We live in a time when all elites, whether on the left or the right, believe in rigid rules that say there is no…

— Adam Curtis

Ancient laws remain in force long after the people have the power to change them.

— Aristotle

“There are no rules. Only principles and natural laws.”

— Diana Wynne Jones

“Rules, conventions, morals, reality itself: all exist so long as their existence is convenient to the preservation of power. Otherwise, they, like all else,…

— Omar El Akkad

“Institutions or products of culture. But they formalize a set of norms.”

— Niall Ferguson

It is likewise to be observed that this society hath a peculiar chant and jargon of their own, that no other mortal can understand,…

— Jonathan Swift

“It had always been thus, one law for the rulers, another for those they ruled. “Can”

— David Penny