Doomed Quote by Plato

Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.

— Anonymous

Politicians pretend not to be smart.

— Morgan Neville

People who are wise, good, smart, skillful, or hardworking don't need politics, they have jobs.

— P. J. O'Rourke

Those that deem politics beneath their dignity are doomed to be governed by those of lesser talents.

— Aristotle

I was raised with the idea that if you're not smart enough to do science you can do politics.

— Michael Crichton

Only very intelligent people don't wish they were in politics, and I'm dumb enough to want to be in there.

— Orson Welles

I have not the smarts or patience for political office.

— Henry Rollins

Those who are not interested in politics will be forever ruled by those who are.

— G. Edward Griffin

Most educated people are not set up to listen or change their minds about politics, however sensible they are in other fields.

— Dominic Cummings

Good politicians need not be intellectuals, but they should have intellectual lives.

— Gary Gutting

You have to be either naive or power-hungry to get into politics. I wouldn't consider it myself. I am too well-informed.

— Jon Bon Jovi

I haven't been paying attention to politics long enough to have really smart opinions.

— Biz Stone