Cynicism Quote by Bangambiki Habyarimana

“[Politics] is always a means of conquering others and exercising power over them.”

— Jacques Ellul

“In our world, divide and conquer must become define and empower.”

— Audre Lorde

Divide and rule, the politician cries; unite and lead, is watchword of the wise.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Divide and conquer must become define and empower.

— Audre Lorde

“The point of politics is to keep multiple and irreducible goods in play, rather than yielding to some dream, Nazi or otherwise, of totality. —”

— Timothy Snyder

The pursuit of politics is religion, morality, and poetry all in one.

— Madame de Stael

“[A]s it is impossible that any man endowed with rational faculties, and being in a state of freedom, should willingly agree, without some motive…

— Henry Fielding

“Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles.”

— Ambrose Bierce

“I live by three simple rules 1. Order your existence in a way which is necessary to meet your needs. 2. Surround yourself with…

— Daniel Corey

“It was easy to speak theoretically and idealistically about politics when one is seeking power. The demands of exercising it once it is won,…

— Jon Meacham

Democracy rests upon two pillars: one, the principle that all men are equally entitled to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness; and the…

— Louis D. Brandeis

The politics of personal destruction, the politics of division, the politics of fear, it's all there. It helps you to define the politics of…

— Michael Ignatieff