Until politics are a branch of science we shall do well to regard political and social reforms as experiments rather than short-cuts to the millennium.

Quote by J B S Haldane

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I have never yet met a healthy person who worried very much about his health,...

I have never yet met a healthy person who worried very much about his health,...

Politics can be relatively fair in the breathing spaces of history; at its critical turning...

Politics can be relatively fair in the breathing spaces of history; at its critical turning...

When I entered politics, I took the only downward turn you could take from journalism.

When I entered politics, I took the only downward turn you could take from journalism.

I am certain that after the dust of centuries has passed over our cities, we,...

I am certain that after the dust of centuries has passed over our cities, we,...

Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote.

Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote.

I do have to say that I think that President Obama is the greatest President...

I do have to say that I think that President Obama is the greatest President...

Politics is the art of the possible, the attainable - the art of the next...

Politics is the art of the possible, the attainable - the art of the next...

The average educated man in America has about as much knowledge of what a political...

The average educated man in America has about as much knowledge of what a political...

Politics are now nothing more than means of rising in the world. With this sole...

Politics are now nothing more than means of rising in the world. With this sole...

I have never regarded politics as the arena of morals. It is the arena of...

I have never regarded politics as the arena of morals. It is the arena of...

The people starve because those above them eat too much tax-grain. That is the only...

The people starve because those above them eat too much tax-grain. That is the only...

Political advertising ought to be stopped. It's the only really dishonest kind of advertising that's...

Political advertising ought to be stopped. It's the only really dishonest kind of advertising that's...

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.

Politics will sooner or later make fools of everybody.

Politics will sooner or later make fools of everybody.

Insanity is the only sane reaction to an insane society.

Insanity is the only sane reaction to an insane society.

Politics without principles,Education without character,Science without humanity,and Commerce without morality are not only useless, but...

Politics without principles,Education without character,Science without humanity,and Commerce without morality are not only useless, but...

Politics is such a torment that I advise everyone I love not to mix with...

Politics is such a torment that I advise everyone I love not to mix with...

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

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

Most political leaders acquire their position by causing large numbers of people to believe that...

Most political leaders acquire their position by causing large numbers of people to believe that...