"The world of politics is always twenty years behind the world of thought."

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"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary."

H. L. Mencken, American Writer

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"I follow suit, said the lion, vacating his coat of arms and movie logos; and the eagle said, Get me off this flag."

Margaret Atwood, Canadian Novelist

Politics, Identity, Nation, Change

"Never give a good politician time to pray."

Stephen King, American Author

Politics, Power, Truth, Wisdom, Today

"Donald Trump is worse than any horror story I've written."

Stephen King, American Author

Politics, Power, Happiness, Inspirational, Truth

"Democracy passes into despotism."

Plato, Greek Philosopher

Politics, Democracy

"Democracy was supposed to champion freedom of speech, and yet the simple rules of table decorum could clamp down on the rights their forefathers had fought and died for."

E.A. Bucchianeri, American Author

Politics, Democracy, Speech, Freedom, Law

"Even we schoolchildren know that ordinary diplomats don't drive around in unmarked cars carrying Glock pistols."

Malala Yousafzai, Pakistani Activist

Politics, Danger, Diplomacy, Secrets, Mystery

"I am convinced Socialism is the only answer and I urge all comrades to take this struggle to a victorious conclusion. Only this will free us from the chains of bigotry and exploitation."

Malala Yousafzai, Pakistani Activist

Politics, Socialism, Struggle, Freedom, Equality

"The government itself, which is only the mode which the people have chosen to execute their will, is equally liable to be abused and perverted before the people can act through it."

Henry David Thoreau, American Author

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"I do not look upon these United States as a finished product. We are still in the making."

Franklin D. Roosevelt, American President

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"I want to find someone on the earth so intelligent that he welcomes opinions which he condemns."

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"It is three and a half hours long, four characters wide and a cesspool deep."

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"Wherever you see a man who gives someone else's corruption, someone else's prejudice as a reason for not taking action himself, you see a cog in The Machine that governs us."

Action

"Everybody in America is soft, and hates conflict. The cure for this, both in politics and social life, is the same - hardihood. Give them raw truth."

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"Good government is the outcome of private virtue."

Government

"Benevolence alone will not make a teacher, nor will learning alone do it. The gift of teaching is a peculiar talent, and implies a need and a craving in the teacher himself."

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"People get so in the habit of worry that if you save them from drowning and put them on a bank to dry in the sun with hot chocolate and muffins they wonder whether they are catching cold."

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"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary."

"I follow suit, said the lion, vacating his coat of arms and movie logos; and the eagle said, Get me off this flag."

"Never give a good politician time to pray."

"Donald Trump is worse than any horror story I've written."

"Democracy passes into despotism."

"Democracy was supposed to champion freedom of speech, and yet the simple rules of table decorum could clamp down on the rights their forefathers had fought and died for."

"Even we schoolchildren know that ordinary diplomats don't drive around in unmarked cars carrying Glock pistols."

"I am convinced Socialism is the only answer and I urge all comrades to take this struggle to a victorious conclusion. Only this will free us from the chains of bigotry and exploitation."

"The government itself, which is only the mode which the people have chosen to execute their will, is equally liable to be abused and perverted before the people can act through it."

"I do not look upon these United States as a finished product. We are still in the making."

Explore more quotes by John Jay Chapman

"I want to find someone on the earth so intelligent that he welcomes opinions which he condemns."

"It is three and a half hours long, four characters wide and a cesspool deep."

"Wherever you see a man who gives someone else's corruption, someone else's prejudice as a reason for not taking action himself, you see a cog in The Machine that governs us."

"Everybody in America is soft, and hates conflict. The cure for this, both in politics and social life, is the same - hardihood. Give them raw truth."

"Good government is the outcome of private virtue."

"Benevolence alone will not make a teacher, nor will learning alone do it. The gift of teaching is a peculiar talent, and implies a need and a craving in the teacher himself."

"All progress is experimental."

"Politics is organized hatred, that is unity."

"Too much agreement kills the chat."

"People get so in the habit of worry that if you save them from drowning and put them on a bank to dry in the sun with hot chocolate and muffins they wonder whether they are catching cold."