Politician Power Quotes

Politics is the business of getting power and privilege without possessing merit. A politician is anyone who asks individuals to surrender part of their liberty - their power and privilege - to State, Masses, Mankind, Planet Earth, or whatever. This state, those masses, that mankind, and the planet will then be run by ... politicians.

Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks.

When you give politicians the power to do what you think is right you're automatically giving politicians the power to do what you think is wrong.

Politicians are forever coming up with 'solutions' to virtually every imaginable imperfection in life. But, if we give them more power and more of our money, we are very unlikely to end up better off on net balance.

Give politicians power and it certainly will be abused eventually - if not by today's politicians, then by their successors.

Lofty talk about 'social justice' or 'fairness' boils down to greatly expanded powers for politicians, since those pretty words have no concrete definition. They are a blank check for creating disparities in power that dwarf disparities in income - and are far more dangerous.

The politicians should not tell the people to shut up.

Dependency is the highest political good - at least for politicians. Since the 1930s, politicians have striven to leave no vote unbought.

The longer a politician bears power, the more he is controlled by that power.

No wonder politicians love government schools. Where do you think the dumb masses come from that can be so easily led and manipulated?

Politicians detest self-sufficient citizens. Politicians need to be needed. When we get socialized medicine, you will be completely dependent upon politicians for your medical care, as Canadians are today. That's why if you need an MRI in Canada, you have to wait three months - unless you pay certain kinds of homage to the right politicians.

The politicians don't just want your money. They want your soul. They want you to be worn down by taxes until you are dependent and helpless.

The short memories of the American voters is what keeps our politicians in office.