Deborah Eisenberg Quotes

Life is politics.

Modern politics is, at bottom, a struggle not of men but of forces. The men become every year more and more creatures of force, masses about central powerhouses. The conflict is no longer between the men, but between the motors that drive men [i.e. governments], and the men who succumb to their own motive forces.

Be not surprised that I am turned politician. The whole town is immersed in politics.

All participants in politics want to impose as much of their morality on others as possible.

Policy and politics are always mixed up.

Citizen participation: a device whereby public officials induce nonpublic individuals to act in a way the officials desire.

Politics is something similar to the lower physiological functions, with the unpleasant difference that political functions are unavoidably carried out in public.

No citizen or social group can be completely isolated from politics, because policy decisions and actions affect their lives.

American public policy is run on a myth.

Politicians are there to try to deal with stuff, but sometimes it's both fortunate and unfortunate that people like us have more... not involvement, but more power in the stuff that we say.

Architecture is politics.

I learnt more about politics during one South Dakota dust storm than in seven years at the university.

The experience of opposing mass movements was acquired by the KGB during perestroika. It was then that the politicians decided to develop and nourish mass movements for their purposes.

My libertarian friends are probably getting a little upset now but I think that's because they never appreciate the benefits of local fascism.

The art of politics is knowing what to do next.

Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies.

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

Everything is politics.

The essence of American politics consists of the manipulation of populism by elitism.

Do we sufficiently appreciate how omnipotent is opinion in the matter of all government? Do we consider especially in how true a sense it is the creator, must be the upholder, and may be the destroyer of our united government?

Our government rests in public opinion. Whoever can change public opinion can change the government practically just so much.

Americans take part in political activities because they believe that by doing so they can influence government decisions

There is nothing that is not political.

Politics is the art of stopping people from minding their own business.

Government stimulates the democrat party.