Penn Jillette Quotes

Whenever anybody is pursuing power, he's got to be funny.

Anyone who gets to the top in politics is a control freak.

By exploiting envy and fear, politicians can portray themselves as the saviors and protectors of the public — doing and saying whatever is necessary to gain the support needed to remain in power.

Politics is the art of making the people believe that they are in power, when in fact, they have none.

To be frank, politics is about wanting power, getting it, exercising it, and keeping it.

Politics is power, and communications is power,

History is not happenstance: it is conspiratorial. Carefully planned and executed by people in power.

In real life, what scares me is politicians, corporations and people that think they know what the world should be.

Well, I have an interest in power. I have an interest in people who find themselves in the position to exercise absolute power.

I have always been fascinated by the corruption of power.

The heights of popularity and patriotism are still the beaten road to power and tyranny.

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

Propaganda is to a democracy what violence is to a dictatorship.

Politics is the art of controlling your environment.

I've been dealing with politicians all my life. All my life. And I've always gotten them to do what I need them to do.

Our public figures are often narcissists, utterly self-absorbed in their quest for power.

Fear is the foundation of most governments.

When politicians use fear, they are playing into the enemy's hand.

Fear controls you.

I'm interested in power.

In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant.

Anyone obsessed with power sees enemies everywhere.

I’m the constitution around here now.

Let me make the superstitions of a nation and I care not who makes its laws …

Politics is the art of putting people under obligation to you.