#politics

There are no morals in politics; there is only expedience. A scoundrel may be of use to us just because he is a scoundrel. ↗

— Vladimir Lenin

#expedience #just #just because #may #morals

A society that will trade a little liberty for a little order will lose both, and deserve neither. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#politics #society #freedom

Failure isn't something to be embarassed about; it's just proof that you're pushing your limits, trying new things, daring to innovate. ↗

— Gavin Newsom

#inspirational #politics #technology #age

collecting secrets was and is crucial to solving foreign policy puzzles. ↗

— Gregory F. Treverton

#politics #age

What's gratifying about West Wing is that everybody told us that it couldn't be done - that the man or woman on the street didn't care about politics. But if you set things up correctly, people don't have a problem with it. ↗

— Rob Lowe

#care #correctly #done #everybody #gratifying

By dismantling the narrow politics of racial identity and selective self-interest, by going beyond 'black' and 'white,' we may construct new values, new institutions and new visions of an America beyond traditional racial categories and racial oppression. ↗

— Manning Marable

#beyond #black #categories #construct #dismantling

The crisis of black politics can only be resolved through the development of multiclass, multiracial, progressive political structures. ↗

— Manning Marable

#crisis #development #only #political #politics

What I'm passionate about is History, and politics interest me only insofar as it is the cross-section of History in the present. ↗

— Chris Marker

#cross-section #history #i #insofar #interest

Anyone in politics would like to have great economic numbers. ↗

— Terry McAuliffe

#economic #great #like #numbers #politics

Being in politics is like being a football coach. You have to be smart enough to understand the game, and dumb enough to think it's important. ↗