“The Christian church does not ask the U. S. Supreme Court, or any other human court, what marriage is. Marriage is a pre-political institution defined by our Creator - for His glory and for human flourishing.” HumansDoeChristianPoliticalAsksChurchGloryInstitutionsCourtCreatorSupremeDefinedSupreme CourtFlourishingChristian ChurchPolitical Institutions Author:Albert Mohler
“Machiavelli, however, took his bearings from people as they are. He defined the political project as making the best of this flawed material. He knew (in words Kant would write almost three centuries later) that nothing straight would be made from the crooked timber of humanity.” PeopleWritingMadeWould BePoliticalHumanityThreeCenturyMaterialsProjectsDefinedFlawedCrookedTimber Author:George Will
“It is only after mature deliberation and thorough preparation that I have decided upon the Program of Revolution and defined the procedure of the revolution in three stages. The first is the period of military government; the second, the period of political tutelage; and the third, the period of constitutional government.” FirstsGovernmentPoliticalThreeStageMilitaryRevolutionPeriodsProgramDecidedThirdsDefinedPreparationMatureProceduresThoroughDeliberationConstitutional GovernmentTutelage Author:Sun Yat-sen
“Among the many factors that make a return to halcyon days of the first decades of the postwar era virtually impossible is the decline of clearly defined political leadership.” FirstsPoliticalImpossibleReturnDecadesFactorsDefinedErasDeclinePolitical LeadershipHalcyon Days Book:The Political Economy of International Relations Source: The Political Economy of International Relations
“When the Founders thought of democracy, they saw democracy in the political sphere - a sphere strictly limited by the Constitution's well-defined and enumerated powers given the federal government. Substituting democratic decision making for what should be private decision making is nothing less than tyranny dressed up.” ShouldWellsGovernmentPoliticalGivenDecisionDemocracySawsConstitutionDemocraticTyrannyDefinedDecision MakingSpheresFoundersFederal GovernmentDressed Up Author:Walter E. Williams
“As for political poetry, as it's usually defined, it seems there's very little good political poetry.” LittlesSeemsPoliticalDefinedGood Political Author:Kenneth Koch