Barrels Quote by Hunter S. Thompson

Chairman Mao once said that political power comes from the barrel of a gun. He was only partly right: power that comes from the…

— Dalai Lama

Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.

— Mao Zedong

When you get into politics, you find that all your worst nightmares about it turn out to be true, and the people who are…

— Ken Livingstone

Real politics are the possession and distribution of power.

— Benjamin Disraeli

Power is a drug on which the politicians are hooked. They buy it from the voters, using the voters' own money.

— Richard J. Needham

Politics is the art of making the people believe that they are in power, when in fact, they have none.

— Mumia Abu-Jamal

Political power intoxicates the best hearts. No man is wise enough, nor good enough, to be trusted with much political power.

— Hans F. Sennholz

Politics is the art of acquiring, holding, and wielding power.

— Indira Gandhi

Politics are very much like war. We may even have to use poison gas at times.

— Winston Churchill

Geopolitical interests are behind the so-called war on drugs and terrorism.

— Evo Morales

Politics has high and low moments. Sometimes it brings out the better angels of our nature; sometimes baser instincts.

— Jim Leach

To be frank, politics is about wanting power, getting it, exercising it, and keeping it.

— Jean Chretien