Denis William Brogan Quotes

Real politics are the possession and distribution of power.

The problem with politics isn't the money; it's the power.

Politics and power is a realm of relative influence.

If you think of paying court to the men in power, your eternal ruin is assured.

Liberal: a power worshipper without power.

Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy.

When you look at our world, the truth is that we're all under the influence of politics.

You may not be thinking about politics, but politics is thinking about you.

Do you not know, my son, with how little wisdom the world is governed?

If you use power too loosely, you lose power.

They who possess the prince possess the laws.

Politics is the art of acquiring, holding and wielding power.

The silence of peoples is something kings should study.

Whoso desireth to govern well and securely, it behoveth him to have a vigilant eye to the proceedings of great princes, and to consider seriously of their designs.

Politics is power, and communications is power,

Leadership is important in politics.

My interest is in power. How power works.

Politics is social work with power.

Force and right are the governors of this world; force till right is ready.

Political organizations are formed to keep the powerful in power.

The appalling reality in American politics today is that, when ideology and money mix, truth is a mere inconvenience.

No science is immune to the infection of politics and the corruption of power.

Politics is an instrument that can transform society.

I'm not a kingmaker.

But I don't write about sex for today's teenagers. Or Doc Martens boots either. I'm more interested in exploring how exactly the world is run, which doesn't really change that much from one generation to another.