In politics, stupidity is not a handicap.
A politician thinks of the next election; a statesman thinks of the next generation.
In politics, as in life, we must above all things wish only for the attainable.
Politics is the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich, by promising to protect each from the other.
The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.
The most successful politician is he who says what everybody is thinking most often and in the loudest voice.
The most powerful weapon in politics is the people's vote.
Politics is war by other means.
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
The ballot is stronger than the bullet.
In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way.
It's not the voting that's democracy, it's the counting.
One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.
Politics have no relation to morals.
Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedies.
The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all.
Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed.
Politics is the art of the possible.