Debate Quote by Moses Finley

The politics of our society are a conversation in which past, present and future each has a voice; and though one or other of…

— Michael Joseph Oakeshott

Political debates in the United States can be untethered from facts, but threats to life focus minds on reality.

— Tom Malinowski

What passes for political realism may make for lively academic debates. But it often functions, ironically, as a tool of social control, rendering us…

— Anonymous

Politics is an act of faith; you have to show some kind of confidence in the intellectual and moral capacity of the public.

— George McGovern

Politics is a contest among people of diverse backgrounds and philosophies, advocating different solutions to common problems. The system only works when principled, energetic…

— Bob Ehrlich

The most practical kind of politics is the politics of decency.

— Theodore Roosevelt

A political philosophy (often called "political science" by practitioners who are not averse from verbal trickery) must deal with contemporary realities. If it does…

— Revilo P. Oliver

“People do not always remember that politics, economics, and social organisation generally, belong in the realm of means, not ends. Our political and social…

— Bertrand Russell

Politics is - once in a while - a forum for serious debate about political philosophy.

— P. J. O'Rourke

Politics is a profession; a serious, complicated and, in its true sense, a noble one.

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

Politics is an instrument that can transform society.

— Enrique Pena Nieto

“One cannot understand a political "system" detached from its societal context”

— Andrew J. Robinson