“The greater ignorance towards a country is not ignoring what its politicians have to say, it is ignoring what the inmates in its prisons have to say.” CountryGreaterIgnorancePoliticianPrisonLawyerInmates Book:Killosophy Source: Killosophy
“The first Rudiments of Morality, broach'd by skilful Politicians, to render Men useful to each other as well as tractable, were chiefly contrived that the Ambitious might reap the more Benefit from, and govern vast Numbers of them with the greater Ease and Security.” MenFirstsWellsMightNumbersGreaterSecurityPoliticianMoralityBenefitsEaseAmbitiousReap Book:The Fable of the Bees Source: The Fable of the Bees
“The conduct of a wise politician is ever suited to the present posture of affairs. Often by foregoing a part he saves the whole, and by yielding in a small matter secures a greater.” MatterWholePoliticsGreaterWisePoliticianAffairPosture Book:Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans: Top Biography Source: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans: Top Biography
“The art of manipulating public opinion, which is a necessary art for the democratic politician, and, like other arts, is sometimespractised with greater virtuosity by knaves than by honest men (who are apt to disdain it), has a different technique in different countries. For instance, in England we excel in whitewashing: in America they excel in tarring and feathering. We strain our nerves and stretch our consciences to avoid a scandal: Americans do the same to make one.” MenArtDifferentCountryAmericaOpinionGreaterHonestPoliticianArt IsConscienceEnglandDemocraticTechniqueInstanceNervesStrainScandalPublic OpinionHonest ManDisdainKnavesDifferent CountriesVirtuosity Author:George Bernard Shaw
“I think democracies are prone to inflation because politicians will naturally spend [excessively] - they have the power to print money and will use money to get votes. If you look at inflation under the Roman Empire, with absolute rulers, they had much greater inflation, so we don't set the record. It happens over the long-term under any form of government.” IfsThinkingLooksLongUseGovernmentHappensFormTermDemocracyRecordsGreaterPoliticianVoteAbsolutesLong TermEmpiresPrintRulersInflationForms Of GovernmentRoman Empire Author:Charlie Munger
“These self-anointed intellectuals are people who think that those who believe in God and Jesus Christ, those who 'cling to their guns and their religion,' are a lower form of animal life, while they, themselves, have no problem whatever accepting Obama as a messiah and, in the past, deifying the likes of Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton. Let's face it, when you kneel in a church, you're accepting that there is something greater and wiser than yourself in the universe. When, on the other hand, you kneel to a left-wing politician, you're merely emulating Monica Lewinsky.” PeopleThinkingBelieveSelfProblemHandsPastFacesFormUniverseJesusLeftChristChurchAnimalAcceptingGreaterPoliticianGunJesus ChristBillsWingsClintonLikesBelieve In GodWiserNo ProblemJimmyCarterMessiahLeft WingAnimal LifeMonica Author:Burt Prelutsky