Ludwig Borne Quotes

Politics is the art of controlling your environment.

To rule is easy, to govern difficult.

The fellow that has power is the one who uses it sparingly ... I had more power when I went into office than when I went out.

In politics, as in business, leadership is crucial.

Politics. The art of governing mankind by deceiving them.

A ruler must learn to be other than good.

The greatest virtue in a prince is to know his friends.

Leadership is important in politics.

Politics is activity in relation to power.

Men of power have no time to read; yet the men who do not read are unfit for power.

Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.

The sublimity of administration consists in knowing the proper degree of power that should be exerted on different occasions.

There are no techniques in politics.

At Athens, wise men propose, and fools dispose.

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

He who would rule must hear and be deaf, see and be blind.

Conquering the world on horseback is easy; it is dismounting and governing that is hard.

Governing is about selecting.

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.

No ruler who lacks the gift of persuasion can stay in office long; it is the indispensable condition of government. It would be an idle illusion to assume that any government, no matter how good, could lastingly do without public consent.

Politics is fate.

The liquor of statecraft is distilled from the mash you got.

Politics is the art of making civilization work.

It's so much easier to throw rocks than it is to govern.

Power should be reserved for weightlifting and boats, and leadership really involves responsibility.