Politics Quote by Philip K. Dick Download Open image ““if men are too blind to govern themselves, how can they be trusted to govern others?”” — Philip K. Dick ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.4 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Politics
“We cannot expect the men we appoint to govern us, to be better than ourselves.” — Stephanie Barron Copy Share Image
There are some who lack confidence in the integrity and capacity of the people to govern themselves. To all who entertain such fears I… — Andrew Johnson Copy Share Image
“If men are good, you don’t need government; if men are evil or ambivalent, you don’t dare have one. ” — Robert LeFevre Copy Share Image
“I can not trust a man to control others who cannot control himself.” — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
“It is a regrettable fact that no government can ever be fully trusted to make the truly right choice when confronted by an impossible situation. People elect their leaders in the hope that they are moral souls, but no-one is perfect. Inevitably, men are loyal in one of only two ways. They are loyal to their nation, even if that… — James Swallow Copy Share
“If you want to govern the people, You must place yourself below them. If you want to lead people, You must learn how to… — Lao Tzu Copy Share Image
How will he who does not know how to govern himself know how to govern others? — Miguel de Cervantes Copy Share Image
“It is not that I despise men. If I did I should have no right, and no reason, to try to govern.” — Marguerite Yourcenar Copy Share Image
“It is, indeed, difficult to conceive how men who have entirely given up the habit of self-government should succeed in making a proper choice… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
“The principle of equality, which makes men independent of each other, gives them a habit and a taste for following, in their private actions, no other guide but their own will. This complete independence, which they constantly enjoy towards their equals and in the intercourse of private life, tends to make them look upon all authority with a jealous eye,… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share
“What is governing to a man that can rule himself? If he cannot rule himself, how shall he rule others?” — Confucius Copy Share Image
So we and our elaborately evolving computers may meet each other halfway. Someday a human being, named perhaps Fred White, may shoot a robot… — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
Even if all life on our planet is destroyed, there must be other life somewhere which we know nothing of. It is impossible that… — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
“That is not how you do it; you do not solve one problem with another, greater problem.” — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
For each person there is a sentence—a series of words—which has the power to destroy them. — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
I want to write about people I love, and put them into a fictional world spun out of my own mind, not the world… — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
Why does a man cry? he wondered. Not like a woman; not for that. Not for sentiment. A man cries over the loss of… — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
The day came. The wrath descended. Sin, guilt, and retribution? The manic psychoses of those entities we referred to as states, institutions, systems -… — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
“I see,' Rick said. He felt numb. Completely. Throughout his entire body.” — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
“What is identity? he asked himself. Where does the act end? Nobody knows.” — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
You're killing yourself with cynicism. Your idols got taken away from you one by one and now you have nothing to give your love… — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
What scared me the most was when my father would put on the gasmask. His face would disappear... This was not a human being… — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
Sentiment is the mightiest force in civilization; not sentimentality, but sentiment. Women will bring this into politics. Home, sweet home, is as powerful on… — Judith Ellen Foster Copy Share Image
Crony capitalism is essentially a condition in which... public officials are giving favours to people in the private sector in payment of political favours. — Alan Greenspan Copy Share Image
“Only careful political manoeuvring will be able to manage the situation.” — Davan Yahya Khalil Copy Share Image
We could form a government of national unity fighting corruption. The ordinary Afghan is sick and tired of it, because it's she or he… — Ashraf Ghani Copy Share Image
Politics is not an issue whether you like or dislike , but every citizen must involve. — Khem Veasna Copy Share Image
For the Scottish government, the practice of having meetings in different parts of the country is well established, but for the U.K. government, it… — Nicola Sturgeon Copy Share Image
“The global population of Earth are involved in the following corporate government experiments: The long term effects of - 1. Nuclear bomb fallout radiation.… — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
Scepticism and cynicism about politics is so great that one of the best counters to it is what you can do at a local… — Ed Miliband Copy Share Image
Right now we're concerned about budget. Right now we're concerned about the prospect of interest rate rise. We're concerned about government corruption, government handing… — Amity Shlaes Copy Share Image
One of the worst things to come out of the Consumer Protection Board's misleading claims is the impression that government resources are to hard… — Matthew Lesko Copy Share Image
“Jim Reston: Walking through the crowds of air-kissing politicians, actors and high fliers, it was tough to tell where the politics stopped and the… — Peter Morgan Copy Share Image
We have to build our own power. We have to win every single political office we can, where we have a majority of black… — Fannie Lou Hamer Copy Share Image