Isaac D'Israeli Quotes

Politics is the art of controlling your environment.

Secrecy is the foundation of politics.

Those in possession of absolute power can not only prophesize and make their prophecies come true, but they can also lie and make their lies come true.

Deception is the knowledge of kings.

The practice of politics in the East may be defined by one word: dissimulation

I'm Machiavelli's offspring, I'm the king of New York, king of the coast, one hand, I juggle them both.

To rule is easy, to govern difficult.

Politics and power is a realm of relative influence.

Politics is activity in relation to power.

It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first.

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.

I’m the constitution around here now.

To rule is an art, not a science.

I have only to raise a finger and the whole face of Europe is changed.

The delusion of the people is necessary to the dominant party. I see the extent to which that delusion has been already carried, and I see there is no length to which it may not be pushed by a party in possession of the revenues and the legal authorities of the United States

What institution is insusceptible of abuse in wicked hands?

Sitting in marble corridors waiting for important people to lie to you.

Politics determine who has the power, not who has the truth.

To rule means to exercise power, and only he who possesses power can exercise it. This direct connection of power and rule forms the fundamental truth of all politics and the key to all history.

Politics is fate.

In the absence of truth, power is the only game in town.

Washington has a mysterious power to turn perfectly reasonable, wholesome, well-meaning human beings into equivocating crooked gasbags.

The art of governing mankind by deceiving them.

Politics is the art of achieving prestige and power without merit.

It is easy to rule over the good.