Quotes about Influence
Those that deem politics beneath their dignity are doomed to be governed by those of lesser talents.
— Aristotle
Politics: the art of appearing candid and completely open while concealing as much as possible.
— Frank Herbert
If your desire is for good, the people will be good.
— Confucius
I am a part of the political process whether the multinational forces are present or not. Politics is serving the people, not chairs and positions.
— Muqtada al Sadr
Men who have greatness within them don't go in for politics.
— Albert Camus
Thanks to TV and for the convenience of TV, you can only be one of two kinds of human beings, either a liberal or a conservative.
— Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Power gradually extirpates from the mind every humane and gentle virtue.
— Edmund Burke
The whole art of politics consists in directing rationally the irrationalities of men.
— Reinhold Niebuhr
There is no gambling like politics. Nothing in which the power of circumstance is more evident.
— Benjamin Disraeli
I believe the spreading of Catholicism to be the most horrible means of political and social degradation left in the world.
— Charles Dickens
Be a politician; no training necessary.
— Will Rogers
Part of what's changed in politics is social media and how people are receiving information.
— Barack Obama