Politics Quote by George Kennan

“In the days ahead we must not consider it unpatriotic to raise certain basic questions about our national character.”

— Martin Luther King Jr

“Our mission is not to impose our peculiar institutions upon other nations by physical force or diplomatic treachery but rather by internal peace and…

— Benjamin Harrison

“In Geo-Politics, a nation has no permanent allies or permanent enemies, only permanent interests.”

— George Friedman

“One must go to America to understand what power material well-being exerts on political actions and even on opinions themselves, which ought to be…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

“Let us leave political questions to be decided by the powers concerned," Sir Ralph would say, "as we have adopted a form of government…

— George Sand

“In our foreign policy as in our own national life we need less fanfare, less stagecraft and circumventing. We need to talk sense, to…

— David McCullough

“As politicians know all too well, even a Government that does not represent the wishes of a people can count on their support once…

— Elisabeth Hoemberg

“Political order, in short, requires cultural unity, something that politics itself can never provide.”

— Roger Scruton

“We are a nation that has a government--not the other way around.”

— Ronald Reagan

“Nations are guided only by their own interests and have no obligation to other countries which did not conform to those interests.”

— Anonymous

“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

“After all, one wouldn’t want facts and reality—not to mention the national interest—to intrude upon partisan politics, would one?”

— Robert M. Gates