The smaller the stakes, the pettier the politics.

Quote by James Lindast

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We've had September 11th, the Gore-Bush recount, a war in Iraq, a war in Afghanistan,...

We've had September 11th, the Gore-Bush recount, a war in Iraq, a war in Afghanistan,...

As an organizer I start from where the world is, as it is, not as...

As an organizer I start from where the world is, as it is, not as...

Politics is the diversion of trivial men who, when they succeed at it, become important...

Politics is the diversion of trivial men who, when they succeed at it, become important...

Never underestimate the power of the State to act out its own massive fantasies.

Never underestimate the power of the State to act out its own massive fantasies.

It seems to me a barren thing this conservatism - an unhappy cross breed, the...

It seems to me a barren thing this conservatism - an unhappy cross breed, the...

Conservatives divide the world in terms of good and evil while liberals do it in...

Conservatives divide the world in terms of good and evil while liberals do it in...

I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well,...

I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well,...

What does it say about our culture that personality is now considered a technology, a...

What does it say about our culture that personality is now considered a technology, a...

I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be...

I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be...

Diplomats are just as essential to starting a war as soldiers are for finishing it......

Diplomats are just as essential to starting a war as soldiers are for finishing it......

In politics, you must let the other person have your way.

In politics, you must let the other person have your way.

Radical changes in world politics leave America with a heightened responsibility to be, for the...

Radical changes in world politics leave America with a heightened responsibility to be, for the...

Politics is the gizzard of society, full of gut and gravel.

Politics is the gizzard of society, full of gut and gravel.

A good politician is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar.

A good politician is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar.

Thirty years after drafting the US Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson warned of the dangers...

Thirty years after drafting the US Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson warned of the dangers...

The idea that religion and politics don't mix was invented by the Devil to keep...

The idea that religion and politics don't mix was invented by the Devil to keep...

Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary.

Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary.

The argument of the broken window pane is the most valuable argument in modern politics.

The argument of the broken window pane is the most valuable argument in modern politics.