Politics and Power
The voice of the people is the voice of God.
—Baruch Spinoza (1632-1677 Dutch philosopher)
All authority belongs to the people.
—Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826 3rd President of the Untied States)
No man is good enough to govern another man without that other’s consent.
—Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865 16th President of the United States)
The best of all governments is that which teaches us to govern ourselves.
—Johann Wolfgang won Goethe (1749-1832 German poet and playwright)
Democracy is the government of the people, by the people, for the people.
—Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865 16th President of the United States)
The government of the people, by the people, and for the people shall not perish from the earth.
—Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865 16th President of the United States)
Government is the servant of the people and not their master.
—John Davison Rockefeller, Jr. (1874-1960 American philanthropist)
The ballot is stronger than the bullet.
—Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865 16th President of the United States)
A politician thinks of the next election, a statesman, of the next generation.
—James Freeman Clarke (1810-1888 American theologian and author)
The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.
—Edmund Burke (1729-1797 British statesman and orator)
Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
—Lord Acton (1834-1902 British historian)
The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.
—Niccolò Machiavelli (1469-1527 Italian politician)
We need in politics men who have something to give, not men who have something to get.
—Bernoard Baruch (1870-1965 American financier and statesman)
Ask not what your country will do for you, ask what you can do for your country.
—John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917-1963 35th President of the United States)
All for one, one for all.
—Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870 French novelist, playwright)