John Adams Quotes

… the science of government is an experimental science, and that, like all other experimental sciences, it is generally in a state of progression. No man is so obstinate an admirer of the old times as to deny that medicine, surgery, botany, chemistry, engineering, navigation, are better understood now than in any former age. We conceive that it is the same with political science

What is politics? Political system is equal to development politics plus political politics.

Government is not an exact science.

Politics and government are certainly among the most important of practical human interests.

Politics is not an exact science.

Politics is the science of the vital interests of States in the highest sphere.

No man can be a politician except he be first a historian.

The belief that politics can be scientific must inevitably produce tyrannies. Politics cannot be a science, because in politics theory and practice cannot be separated, and the sciences depend upon their separation.

I hold them [politics] to be subject to laws as fixed as matter itself, and to be as fit a subject for the application of the highest intellectual power.

I did not love politics. As a matter of fact, I hated politics. I loved governing which is … a different thing.

I was always fascinated by politics, and I was exposed to it quite a lot.

My first passion is politics.

I never took a political science course.

I was always interested in politics.

Obviously I think politics is interesting and important and educational.

Politics is different than business.

Politics is the science of urgencies.

That is the best government which desires to make the people happy, and knows how to make them happy.

I believe all universities should at least offer courses in politics and policy implementation.

Politics is the science of who gets what, when, and why.

I am interested in politics.

In my brief sojourn in college, my favorite classes were political science because I loved the idea of systems we can set up that benefit society - rules we can put in place that sometimes you run against, sometimes they're painful, but ultimately they benefit the world.

There is a circus around politics. But if you think it is a game, then you forget what the purpose of politics actually is.

Most of the energy devoted to political work is devoted to correcting the effects of mismanagement of government.

Arabs and Muslims have no political heritage to draw upon in administering their affairs today. Politics for them was a way to rule, not a science or a political doctrine.