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Politics Quotes by Chris Patten
- So, what I say to people is that politics has got to be about principle and values above all. Of course, there are times when…
- I think that what most surprises anybody who goes into politics from even a modestly cerebral background is the vulgarity of much of the cut…
- Green politics at its worst amounts to a sort of Zen fascism; less extreme, it denounces growth and seeks to stop the world so that…
- I suppose I've always carried what is regarded as a bit of unnecessary baggage in Britain. I've always carried the charge that I am an…
- I think that if politics is just about getting your backside on important seats, then it's a pretty worthless endeavor.
More Politics Quotes
- The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution. — Hannah Arendt
- No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our history has… — Hannah Arendt
- Wherever the relevance of speech is at stake, matters become political by definition, for speech is what makes man a political being. — Hannah Arendt
- Under every stone lurks a politician. — Aristophanes
- Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers. — Aristotle
- In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of… — Aristotle
- A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler… — Aristotle
- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle
- Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life itself, power and glory, or happiness. — Aristotle
- Republics decline into democracies and democracies degenerate into despotisms. — Aristotle
- Man is by nature a political animal. — Aristotle
- Therefore, the good of man must be the end of the science of politics. — Aristotle