Politics is not like an ocean voyage or a military campaign... something which leaves off as soon as reached. It is not a public chore to be gotten over with. It is a way of life.
Interpretation
Politics is an ongoing process integral to life, not a task to complete.
Plutarch's quote emphasizes that politics should not be viewed as a mere task to finish, but rather as a fundamental aspect of living in society. It suggests that political engagement is a continuous responsibility that shapes our way of life and should be approached with seriousness and dedication.
In practice
In a speech about civic responsibility, one might say, 'As Plutarch reminds us, politics is a way of life, not just a task.'
Sometimes small incidents, rather than glorious exploits, give us the best evidence of character. So, as portrait painters are more exact in doing the face, where the character is revealed, than the rest of the body, I must be allowed to give my more particular attention to the marks of the souls of men.
It were better to have no opinion of God at all than such a one as is unworthy of him; for the one is only belief - the other contempt.
Come back with your shield - or on it
The richest soil, if uncultivated, produces the rankest weeds.
For the correct analogy for the mind is not a vessel that needs filling, but wood that needs igniting.
Our senses through ignorance of Reality, falsely tell us that what appears to be, is. FEAR = False Evidence Appearing Real
I don't think we can have democracies that work where most of the people are not benefiting economically, where most of the people are worried about their job security.
Few businessmen are capable of being in politics, they don't understand the democratic process, they have neither the tolerance or the depth it takes. Democracy isn't a business.
I was surprised by the response of young people because there is a perception that those younger than the 1988 generation are not interested in politics.
I think an overwhelming portion of the intensely demonstrated animosity toward President Barack Obama is based on the fact that he is a black man, that he's African American.
Nations are born in the hearts of poets, they prosper and die in the hands of politicians.
If you want to rip the heart out of a democracy, you go after the facts. That's what modern authoritarians do. You lie. All the time. Then, you say it's your opponents and the journalists who lie.
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