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In politics shared hatreds are almost always the basis of friendships.
Alexis de Tocqueville1805–1859Recollections of Alexis de Tocqueville, p. 96
We are at heart so profoundly anarchistic that the only form of state we can imagine living in is Utopian; and so cynical that the only Utopia we can believe in is authoritarian.
Lionel Trilling1905–1975Notebook entry (1948), published in Partisan Review: 50th Anniversary Edition, ed. William Philips (1985)
- Government
Stalinism and fascism, in spite of a deep difference in social foundations, are symmetrical phenomena. In many of their features they show a deadly similarity.
Leon Trotsky1879–1940The Revolution Betrayed (1936), Ch. 11
To make the individual sacred we must destroy the social order which crucifies him. And this problem can only be solved by blood and iron.
Leon Trotsky1879–1940Terrorism and Communism (1920), Ch. 4: Terrorism
As against the “invisible hand” of Adam Smith, there has to be a visible hand of politicians whose objective is to have the kind of society that is caring and humane.
Pierre Trudeau1919–2000Memoirs (1993), Part 3, 1974—1979 Victory And Defeat, p. 190
- Economics
- Government
I’m proud that I’m a politician. A politician is a man who understands government, and it takes a politician to run a government. A statesman is a politician who’s been dead 10 or 15 years.
Harry S. Truman1884–1972Impromptu remarks before the Reciprocity Club, Washington, D.C. (11 April 1958)
If it’s a choice between a genuine Republican, and a Republican in Democratic clothing, the people will choose the genuine article, every time.
Harry S. Truman1884–1972Address at the National Convention Banquet of the Americans for Democratic Action (May 17, 1952)
- Clever Jabs
Socialism is a scare word they have hurled at every advance the people have made in the last 20 years.
Harry S. Truman1884–1972Rear platform remarks, Syracuse, New York (10 October 1952)
I’ve said many a time that I think the Un-American Activities Committee in the House of Representatives was the most un-American thing in America!
Harry S. Truman1884–1972Third Radner Lecture, Columbia University, New York City (29 April 1959), as published in Truman Speaks: Lectures And Discussions Held At Columbia University On April 27, 28, And 29, 1959 (1960), p. 111
- America
When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending their best.
Donald Trumpborn 1946Presidential bid announcement (June 16, 2015)
I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody, and I wouldn’t lose any voters.
Donald Trumpborn 1946Speech at campaign rally (23 January 2016), Sioux Center, Iowa.
- Voting
The radical invents the views. When he has worn them out the conservative adopts them.
Mark Twain1835–1910Mark Twain’s Notebook (1935)
- Ideas
In politics, strangely enough, the best way to play your cards is to lay them face upwards on the table.
?UnattributedOften credited to H. G. Wells
A man doesnt want a child he is a dead beat dad. A woman doesnt want a child she is pro choice.
?Unattributed
- Abortion
The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public’s money.
?UnattributedOften credited to Alexis de Tocqueville
- America
- Economics