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Politics is a pendulum whose swings between anarchy and tyranny are fueled by perpetually rejuvenated illusions.
Politics is a pendulum whose swings between anarchy and tyranny are fueled by perpetually rejuvenated illusions.
There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people.
There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people.
I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.
I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.
Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken.
Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken.
Those who say religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion is.
Those who say religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion is.
Of this stamp is the cant of, not men, but measures.
Of this stamp is the cant of, not men, but measures.
Sometimes I wonder if we shall ever grow up in our politics and say definite things which mean something, or read more
Sometimes I wonder if we shall ever grow up in our politics and say definite things which mean something, or whether we shall always go on using generalities to which everyone can subscribe, and which mean very little.
Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it, misdiagnosing it, and then misapplying the wrong remedies.
Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it, misdiagnosing it, and then misapplying the wrong remedies.
England has never enjoyed a genuine social revolution. Maybe that's what's wrong with that dear, tepid, vapid, insipid, stuffy, little read more
England has never enjoyed a genuine social revolution. Maybe that's what's wrong with that dear, tepid, vapid, insipid, stuffy, little country.