Quotes about Politics

There is only one form of political strategy in which I have any confidence, and that is to try to do the right thing and sometimes be able to succeed.

He knows nothing and thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career.

You'll never have a quiet world until you knock the patriotism out of the human race.

Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.

The art of government is the organisation of idolatry.

He hoped that none of his descendants would get mixed up in politics, which was a trade for butchers and bandits.

It was an election year and there was reason for concern over the turn of events. The country was waking up. The wave of discontent that was stirring the people was beginning to strike at the heart of that oligarchic society.

Since 1973, the year of the military coup that changed so many things, situating has become a little more complex because in the first three minutes of conversation you also have to guess whether the person you're speaking to was for or against the dictatorship.

My son, the Holy Church is on the right, but Jesus Christ was always on the left

For decades, Robert Mugabe has thumbed his nose at the world. The long-time dictator has ruled Zimbabwe with an iron fist, repeatedly insulted foreign dignitaries, ignored regional and international agreements to which he was a signatory, and isolated the country from any legitimate international economic or political engagement.

When I decided to go into politics I weighed the costs. I would get criticism. But I went ahead. So when virulent criticism came I wasn't surprised. I was better able to handle it.

Wherever you have an efficient government you have a dictatorship.