Herbert Spencer Quotes

Politics is the most corrupt profession on Earth, no matter where you are.

Exploitation and government are two inseparable expressions of what is called politics.

The history of governments is one of the most immoral parts of human history.

The corruption of every government begins nearly always with that of principles.

Bad politics make for bad morals.

What typically happens in government is the exact opposite of how things should work.

Government has within it a tendency to abuse its powers.

It is a matter of common knowledge that the government of South Carolina is under domination of a small ring of cunning, conniving men.

I truly believe that all power corrupts. Such is probably the thinking behind every political film ever made in Hollywood.

The government is so out of control. It is so bloated and infested with fraud and deceit and corruption and abuse of power.

When the state is most corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.

A Conservative Government is an organized hypocrisy.

The inquiry constantly is what will please, not what will benefit the people. In such a government there can be nothing but temporary expedient, fickleness, and folly.

I think governments are the cancer of civilization.

Judge for yourself who's still fighting for change and who got sick on power, because the person in the Miraflores has forgotten about the people of Venezuela.

It is a crime against the State to be powerful enough to commit one.

They were both obnoxious, drunk with their power …. they were the hatchet men of the Nixon administration, the killers, the psychopaths in residence

There are no honorable rulers.

In a well-governed nation poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a badly governed country wealth is something to be ashamed of.

Men such as they are, very naturally seek money or power; and power because it is as good as money,--the “spoils,” so called, “of office.” And why not? For they aspire to the highest, and this, in their sleep-walking, they dream is highest. Wake them, and they shall quit the false good, and leap to the true, and leave governments to clerks and desks.

Politics, as an end in itself, is a poor business to be in.

Good men and women come to Washington and get caught in a culture of corruption.

There are no necessary evils in government. It's evils exist only in its abuses.

In certain corrupt conditions of a State, conspicuous success is more dangerous than failure.

Politicians. Little Tin Gods on Wheels.