25 thoughtful quotes about politics and power

Today, I’ve curated some thoughtful quotes about politics and power.

In doing so, I’m hoping it’ll get you thinking about, and perhaps even participating in, something that rules our lives but isn’t given anywhere near the scrutiny it merits.

Politicians on all sides frequently take us all for fools, and the sad thing is we let them. That must change, surely?

They do what they do because they know that they can get away with it, at least most of the time.

It’s time we all let them know that we’ll not allow them to get away with it anymore.

Politics has become nothing more than show business for people who lack both talent and an engaging personality. And yet, they all seem to get rich without adding any real value to our lives at all.

So, let your local politician know that you’ve got your eye on them and you won’t be putting up with any nonsense.

Quotes about politics and power (1-15):

Don’t vote. It only encourages them. ~Billy Connolly
In politics, stupidity is not a handicap. ~Napoléan Bonaparte
We have, I fear, confused power with greatness. ~Stewart Udall
We have the best Government that money can buy. ~Mark Twain
I love to go to Washington if only to be near my money. ~Bob Hope
We hang petty thieves and appoint great ones to public office. ~Aesop
For the powerful, crimes are those that others commit. ~Noam Chomsky
If God had wanted us to vote, he would have given us candidates. ~Jay Leno
A politician is a fellow who’ll lay down your life for his country. ~Texas Guinan
An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. ~Winston Churchill
A lot has been said about politics; some of it complimentary, but most of it accurate. ~Eric Idle
I have a problem with people who take the Constitution loosely and the Bible literally. ~Bill Maher
Just because you don’t take an interest in politics doesn’t mean politics won’t take an interest in you. ~Pericles
Absolute power does not corrupt absolutely, absolute power attracts the corruptible. ~Frank Herbert
The reason there are so few female politicians is that it is too much trouble to put makeup on two faces. ~Maureen Murphy

Quotes about politics and power (16-25):

Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job. ~Douglas Adams
Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks. ~Doug Larson
You have to remember one thing about the will of the people: it wasn’t long ago that we were swept away by the Macarena. ~Jon Stewart
Too bad that all the people who know how to run the country are busy driving taxicabs and cutting hair. ~George Burns
There are many men of principle in both parties in America, but there is no party of principle. ~Alexis de Tocqueville
Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river. ~Nikita Khrushchev
Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber. ~Plato
Politics is supposed to be the second-oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first. ~Ronald Reagan
I remember when I first came to Washington. For the first six months, you wonder how the hell you ever got here. For the next six months, you wonder how the hell the rest of them ever got here. ~Harry S Truman
Take our politicians; they’re a bunch of yo-yos. The presidency is now a cross between a popularity contest and a high school debate, with the encyclopedia of clichés the first prize. ~Saul Bellow

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