Kicks Quote by Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery

Whenever a man reaches the top of the political ladder, his enemies unite to pull him down. His friends become critical and exacting.

— Henry Adams

It takes a certain kind of man to be in politics--a small one.

— Croft M. Pentz

Man is a living duty, a depository of powers that he must not leave in a brute state. Man is a wing.

— Jose Marti

A man never stoops so low as when he rises to the challenge of politics.

— Hunter S. Thompson

Show me the man who keeps his house in hand, He's fit for public authority.

— Sophocles

No man should be in politics unless he would honestly rather not be there.

— Henry Adams

A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

In politics a man must learn to rise above principle.

— American Proverb

I suppose, indeed, that in public life, a man whose political principles have any decided character and who has energy enough to give them…

— Thomas Jefferson

every man who takes a part in politics, especially in times when parties run high, must expect to be abused; they must bear it;…

— Maria Edgeworth

A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad, will work out his ruin.

— Tacitus

Politics are now nothing more than means of rising in the world. With this sole view do men engage in politics, and their whole…

— Samuel Johnson