Paula Milne Quotes

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

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

The diplomat holds all acts honorable which bring him success, all things are righteous which serve his ends. If cheating is necessary, he will cheat; if lying is useful, he will lie; if bribery helps, he will bribe; if murder serves, he will order murder; if burglary, seduction, arson or forgery brings success nearer, all and each of these will be done.

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

There are no morals in politics; there is only expedience. A scoundrel may be of use to us just because he is a scoundrel.

What's distinctively shocking about Machiavelli is that he didn't care. He believed not only that politicians must do evil in the name of the public good, but also that they shouldn't worry about it. He was unconcerned, in other words, with what modern thinkers call 'the problem of dirty hands.'

Whenever a man has cast a longing eye on offices, a rottenness begins in his conduct.

Power is an instrument of fatal consequence. It is confined no more readily than quicksilver, and escapes good intentions as easily as air flows through mesh.

In order to obtain and hold power a man must love it. Thus the effort to get it is not likely to be coupled with goodness, but with the opposite qualities of pride, craft and cruelty.

If you do not know how to lie, cheat and steal, turn your attention to politics and learn.

Politics. The art of governing mankind by deceiving them.

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

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

The temptation to misuse public policy is almost irresistible.

Politics is power, and communications is power,

Politics is the attempt to achieve power and prestige without merit.

In Indian politics, deception seems a byword. I'll have none of that.

Noir has always shown that greed and chaos are as close as the company we work for or the politicians we vote for.

Authority poisons everybody who takes authority on himself.

A good politician is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar.

Unlimited power corrupts the possessor.

Now, the typical way you make good things happen in Washington is you find a bunch of wealthy companies who agree with you.

There is no act of treachery or meanness of which a political party is not capable; for in politics there is no honour.

Secrecy is the foundation of politics.

I want to win and I want to be in office.