Education Quote by Charles Dickens

“We can have no sympathy with those who seek the power of government to advance their own personal interests or ambitions.”

— Woodrow Wilson

“Similarly, those who have been weaned off the self-aggrandizing attractions of political power are those who can then best be entrusted with it.”

— R.W.L. Moberly

“For politics is not just about things necessary and eternal, nor is it just a matter of good judgment in a given situation. It…

— Daniel Gross

“I have tried to write about politics in an allusive manner that draws upon other interests and to approach literature and criticism without ignoring…

— Christopher Hitchens

“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

“[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

“inclined to reserve all judgments, a habit that has opened up many curious natures to me and also made me the victim of not…

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

“A purely and passionately political person, as I understand, is a person who can find anybody pleasant so long as Politics is never present.”

— Criss Jami

“Hence anyone who is to listen intelligently to lectures about what is noble and just and, generally, about the subjects of political science must…

— Aristotle

“Politics is the only field in which the character of a person does not stand in the way of his career.”

— Peter Prange

“I don’t like institutions that are beyond normal parliamentary scrutiny. It’s an invitation to abuse of power, no matter how noble the intentions.”

— Stieg Larsson

“In essence, anyone who aspires to be a career politician is, by the very fact, unfit to serve.”

— Joseph Befumo