Affair Quote by Plutarch

The function of the politician, therefore, is one of continuous watchfulness and activity, and he must have intimate knowledge of details if he would…

— John George Nicolay

“The special skill of the politician consists in knowing what passions can be most easily aroused, and how to prevent them, when aroused, from…

— Bertrand Russell

A politician normally prospers under democracy in proportion ... as he excels in the invention of imaginary perils and imaginary defenses against them.

— H. L. Mencken

“The skill of the politician consists in guessing what people can be brought to think advantageous to themselves; the skill of the experts consists…

— Bertrand Russell

The wise legislator will only rarely initiate a new rule of behaviour; more usually he will confine himself to affirming in law what has…

— Gregory Bateson

“Wise politics is the art of invigorating society and weakening the State.”

— Nicolás Gómez Dávila

That politician who curries favor with the citizens and indulges them and fawns upon them and has a presentiment of their wishes, and is…

— Plato

“But it is one of the tricks of the successful politician to be able to hold many things in mind at once and to…

— Robert Harris

A politician must have some scruples, a certain decency; he cannot smear himself in the mud for the sake of a high ideal.

— Boris Yeltsin

“The general ethos of the people they have to govern determines the behaviour of politicians.”

— T.S. Eliot

A wise man is not governed by others, nor does he try to govern them; he prefers that reason alone prevail.

— Jean de la Bruyere

“The other type of politician tends to be manipulative, selfish, and have unhealthy needs to be the center of attention. These people play games,…

— Richard L. Hughes