Political Quotes

Henry David Thoreau, Walden, 1854
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Most of the stone a nation hammers goes toward its tomb only. It buries
itself alive. -Henry David Thoreau, Walden, 1854

 L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, 1900
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The Scarecrow was now the ruler of the
Emerald City, and although he was not a
Wizard the people were proud of him. "For,"
they said, "there is not another city in all the
world that is ruled by a stuffed man. "And, so
far as they knew, they were quite right.
-L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, 1900

 Bill Moyers, speech, National Conference for Media Reform (St. Louis), 2005
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I've always thought the American eagle needed a left wing and a right
wing. The right wing would see to it that economic interests had their
legitimate concerns addressed. The left wing would see to it that ordi-nary people were included in the bargain. Both would keep the great
bird on course. But with two right wings or two left wings, it's no lon-ger an eagle and it's going to crash. -Bill Moyers, speech, National
Conference for Media Reform (St. Louis), 2005

 George Sand, preface, Indiana, 1832
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You can bind my body, tie my hands, govern my actions: you are the
strongest, and society adds to your power; but with my will, sir, you
can do nothing. God alone can restrain it and curb it. Seek then a law,
a dungeon, an instrument of torture, by which you can hold it, it is as if
you wished to grasp the air, and seize vacancy. -George Sand, preface,
Indiana, 1832

 Oliver Wendell Holmes, Elsie Venner, 1859
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Treat bad men exactly as if they were insane. -Oliver Wendell
Holmes, Elsie Venner, 1859

 John Lennon, interview, BBC-TV (London), 1968
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Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives .... I think
we're being run by maniacs for maniacal ends ... and I think I'm liable
to be put away as insane for expressing that. That's what's insane about
it. -John Lennon, interview, BBC-TV (London), 1968

 Lillian Hellman, The Little Foxes, 1939
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Well, there are people who eat the earth and eat all the people on it like
in the Bible with the locusts. And other people who stand around and
watch them eat it. -Lillian Hellman, The Little Foxes, 1939

 Aphra Behn, prologue, The Feigned Courtezans, 1679
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Each fool turns politician now, and wears / A formal face, and talks of
state-affairs. -Aphra Behn, prologue, The Feigned Courtezans, 1679

 Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary, 1906
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Idiot, n. A member of a large and powerful tribe whose influence in
human affairs has always been dominant and controlling. -Ambrose
Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary, 1906

 Margaret Thatcher, quoted by Claire Price-Groff, Twentieth-Century Women Political Leaders, 1998
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Democracy isn't just about deducing what the people want. Democracy
is leading the people as well. -Margaret Thatcher, quoted by Claire
Price-Groff, Twentieth-Century Women Political Leaders, 1998