Action Quote by Michael Joseph Oakeshott

In politics we face the choice between warmongering, nation-state loving, big-business agents on one hand; and risk-blind, top-down, epistemic arrogant big servants of large…

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

People who consider themselves political, who follow political developments most rigorously, are often those who view the political process with the greatest lack of…

— Boyd Rice

Politics, as any observer of the modern world knows, is the enemy of economics, everywhere and always.

— John Derbyshire

It’s a revolution. But it’s the sort of revolution that no one will notice. It might get a little shadier. Buildings might function better.…

— Bill Mollison

Continuing to believe the same thing, even in the face of new evidence to the contrary, is the definition of insanity - except in…

— Scott Adams

Politics is the art of making your selfish desires seem like the national interest.

— Thomas Sowell

The role of the scholar is to destroy chimeras, that of the statesman is to make use of them.

— Gustave Le Bon

In daily life, reality gives us material incentives to restrain our irrationality. But what incentive do we have to think rationally about politics?

— Bryan Caplan

The typical citizen drops down to a lower level of mental performance as soon as he enters the political field. He argues and analyzes…

— Joseph A. Schumpeter

It would be nice to spend billions on schools and roads, but right now that money is desperately needed for political ads.

— Andy Borowitz

A sort of angry populism here in the UK and across Europe, a sort of anti-political mood and what then steps into that place?…

— Charlie Brooker

Biophobia is as much a part of a politician's basic equipment as a sharp suit.

— John Derbyshire