Anti Political Quotes

14 Anti Political quotes by 13 unique authors

• Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage. — Ambrose Bierce
• Political action involves mental vulgarity, not merely because it entails the occurrence and support of those who are mentally vulgar, but because of the simplification… — Michael Joseph Oakeshott
• The typical citizen drops down to a lower level of mental performance as soon as he enters the political field. He argues and analyzes in… — Joseph A. Schumpeter
• In daily life, reality gives us material incentives to restrain our irrationality. But what incentive do we have to think rationally about politics? — Bryan Caplan
• People who consider themselves political, who follow political developments most rigorously, are often those who view the political process with the greatest lack of perspective. — Boyd Rice
• The role of the scholar is to destroy chimeras, that of the statesman is to make use of them. — Gustave Le Bon
• Politics, as any observer of the modern world knows, is the enemy of economics, everywhere and always. — John Derbyshire
• Biophobia is as much a part of a politician's basic equipment as a sharp suit. — John Derbyshire
• If libertarianism were easy to explain, and it weren't easy to exaggerate the effects of libertarianism, I think it would have been done already. Many… — P.J. O'Rourke
• It’s a revolution. But it’s the sort of revolution that no one will notice. It might get a little shadier. Buildings might function better. You… — Bill Mollison
• Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies. — Groucho Marx
• The first lesson of economics is scarcity: there is never enough of anything to fully satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of… — Thomas Sowell
• Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself. — Mark Twain
• Love, by its very nature, is unworldly, and it is for this reason rather than its rarity that it is not only apolitical but anti-political,… — Hannah Arendt

Who Wrote These Anti Political Quotes

13 authors contributed a total of 14 Anti Political Quotes as follows:

• 2 Anti Political Quotes by John Derbyshire
• 1 Anti Political Quote by Thomas Sowell
• 1 Anti Political Quote by P.J. O'Rourke
• 1 Anti Political Quote by Michael Joseph Oakeshott
• 1 Anti Political Quote by Mark Twain
• 1 Anti Political Quote by Joseph A. Schumpeter
• 1 Anti Political Quote by Hannah Arendt
• 1 Anti Political Quote by Gustave Le Bon
• 1 Anti Political Quote by Groucho Marx
• 1 Anti Political Quote by Bryan Caplan
• 1 Anti Political Quote by Boyd Rice
• 1 Anti Political Quote by Bill Mollison
• 1 Anti Political Quote by Ambrose Bierce