Political philosophy Quote by Werner Heisenberg

“Consequently people fight for and against quite irrelevant measures, while the few who have a rational opinion are not listened to because they do…

— Bertrand Russell

“It was easy to speak theoretically and idealistically about politics when one is seeking power. The demands of exercising it once it is won,…

— Jon Meacham

“Here you come upon the important fact that every revolutionary opinion draws part of its strength from a secret conviction that nothing can be…

— George Orwell

“In politics, victory goes to those with cunning, mettle and deviousness, not those who have facts and principles on their side.”

— Milo Yiannopoulos

“It is our contention, to be explored later in more detail, that political defiance, or nonviolent struggle, is the most powerful means available to…

— Gene Sharp

“Strive for political ideaology but do not hinder progress in the name of your ideology. That would simply be selfish.”

— Tim J. Brooks

“In a struggle against a revolutionary idea it is only possible to use ideological elements which are a thousand times more radical, or adopt…

— Francis Stuart Campbell

“We no longer have political movement. While thousands of us may come together for a rally or march, we are bound together on such…

— Tony Judt

“Few people can resist doing what is universally expected of them. This invisible pressure is more difficult to stand against than individual tyranny.”

— Charles Dudley Warner

“As if thought were not our most passionate, our most ardent aspect.”

— Carole Maso

“Actuated by no personal motives, but moved only by high and great constitutional considerations; which I will not attempt to explain, for they are…

— Charles Dickens

“Deny people something they want, over a longish period, and they naturally start disagreeing about precisely what it is they do want.”

— Paul Scott