Political Hegemony Quotes

Political organizations are formed to keep the powerful in power.

Defying History and Theory: The United States as the 'Last Remaining Superpower,'

The two super-powers cannot divide the world into their oyster.

Rand Paul does not like being compared to his father Ron any more than sons named Bush like to dance in their father's shadow, but the crucial difference is that while the Bushes all hail from the relative mainstream of the GOP, the Pauls have an ideological tributary virtually to themselves.

The Russian empire under czars and commissars has been hard to deal with for other countries.

I think the accurate description for the George W. Bush administration is a military plutocracy. Having lived and worked in the United States, I must add that I don't want to make too much of the distinction between the Bush regime and its predecessors. I don't see a great deal of difference.

Power-worship blurs political judgment because it leads, almost unavoidably, to the belief that present trends will continue. Whoever is winning at the moment will always seem to be invincible.

The Greek city-states politicised citizen and subject, creating institutions that were way ahead of anything in China or India. The politicians of antiquity exercised a political and military, if not economic, hegemony on the culture as a whole. The idea of democracy was first born and practised here.

In a democratic country like India, eulogising Rahul Gandhi with the title of Yuvraj is an insult to democracy.

For decades, there was no alternative to the two Dravidian parties - the DMK and the AIADMK.

Strong states and blocs of strong states are the only source of power and legitimacy capable of driving an international agenda in today's world.

International order is not an evolution; it is an imposition. It is the domination of one vision over others- in this case, the domination of liberal free market principles of economics, democratic principles of politics, and a peaceful international system over other visions that other nations and peoples may have. It will last only as long as those who favor it retain the capacity to defend it.

For decades, the Congress party has used its power to make Nehru appear as a giant, rendering all other political personalities small before him.

The Trumps will be a dynasty that will last for decades, propelling the Republican Party into a new party.