Discussion Quote by Lord Acton

Machiavelli says that if as a ruler you accept that your every action must pass moral scrutiny, you will without fail be defeated by…

— J. M. Coetzee

Machiavel, discoursing on these matters, finds virtue to be so essentially necessary to the establishment and preservation of liberty, that he thinks it impossible…

— Algernon Sidney

Machiavelli, however, took his bearings from people as they are. He defined the political project as making the best of this flawed material. He…

— George Will

Machiavelli is the complete contrary of a machiavellian, since he describes the tricks of power and gives the whole show away. The seducer and…

— Maurice Merleau-Ponty

No minister ever stood, or could stand, against public opinion.

— Robert Peel

It is impossible to practice parliamentary politics without having patience, decency, politeness and courtesy.

— Khaleda Zia

I've been fascinated by Machiavelli since I was very young. I've always felt that he had a bad rap from history, and that he…

— Salman Rushdie

No part of the education of a politician is more indispensable than the fighting of elections.

— Winston Churchill

Machiavelli had some cold tricks for people who wanted to be demagogues and wanted to take over the world.

— Mads Mikkelsen

Not applying a religious test for public office means that people of all faiths are allowed to run - not that views about God,…

— Jacob Weisberg

Parliament has become so undermined it is almost unable to do the job that people expect of it. A glaring example is the budget…

— Sheila Fraser

A politician has nothing without the public trust.

— Jessica Tarlov