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A government is not in power, it is in office, put there by the will of the people. – Stanley Baldwin
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I have never regarded politics as the arena of morals. It is the arena of interests. – Aneurin Bevan
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Politics and the fate of mankind are formed by men without ideals and without greatness. Those who have greatness within them do not go in for politics. – Albert Camus
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A politician is a man who understands government. A statesman is a politician who’s been dead for 15 years. – Harry S. Truman
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A politician is a fellow who will lay down your life for his country. – Texas Guinan
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Politics are usually the executive expression of human immaturity. – Vera Brittain
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Party loyalty lowers the greatest of men to the petty level of the masses. – Jean de la Bruyere
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He serves his party best who serves the country best. – Rutherford B. Haynes
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When a politician is in opposition he is an expert on the means to some end; and when he is in office he is an expert on the obstacles to it. – Gilbert K. Chesterton
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It may be true that you can’t fool all the people all the time, but you can fool enough of them to rule a large country. – William Durant
