“Only he has the calling for politics who is sure that he will not crumble when the world from his point of view is too stupid or base for what he wants to offer. Only he who in the face of all this can say In spite of all! has the calling for politics.”
Max Weber
“You may fool all the people some of the time, you can even fool some of the people all of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all the time.”
Abraham Lincoln
“Politics will eventually be replaced by imagery. The politician will be only too happy to abdicate in favor of his image, because the image will be much more powerful than he could ever be.”
Marshall McLuhan
“A statesman is he who thinks in the future generations, and a politician is he who thinks in the upcoming elections.”
“Politics hates a vacuum. If it isn't filled with hope, someone will fill it with fear.”
Naomi Klein
“Suppose you were an idiot and suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself”
Mark Twain
“If you can't convince them, confuse them.”
Harry S Truman