Quotes on Political Wisdom

I believe we are going to have to prepare ourselves for the difficult and patient task of outgrowing rigid and intransigent nationalism, and work slowly towards a world federation of peaceful nations. How will this be possible? Don't ask me. I don't know. But unless we develop a moral, spiritual, and political wisdom that is proportionate to our technological skill, our skill may end us.

People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.

The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.

MULTITUDE, n. A crowd; the source of political wisdom and virtue. In a republic, the object of the statesman's adoration.

Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies.