Political Sayings

The government of an exclusive company of merchants is, perhaps, the worst of all governments for any country whatever.

Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.

Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison.

Political power, properly so called, is merely the organised power of one class for oppressing another.

The Americans are a very religious people, and they are very careful to keep their religion separate from their politics.

The idea of public reason specifies the political values that are to guide the exercise of political power.

The government is not a solution to our problem; the government is the problem.

The violence of the colonized, far from being a simple reflex, is inscribed in the very nature of colonial oppression.

All knowledge is political.

The political is the experience of the undecidable.

Globalization represents a challenge to national sovereignty and democratic self-governance.

I am a communist, but I am also a pervert.

To be a democrat is to believe in the power of ordinary people.

The idea that women have been oppressed for centuries is an insult to the women who lived and suffered and died during those centuries.

The biggest political question of the 21st century will be 'What do we do with all the useless people?'

The problem with government is that it's designed to solve problems, but it often creates more.

Oppression that is not total creates the possibility of revolt.

I have no faith in the wisdom of any government that is not based upon the popular will.

Patriotism is loyalty to the nation all the time, loyalty to the government when it deserves it.

Governments must treat the internet as a basic utility—like water.