Either one lives 'for' politics or one lives 'off' politics.

In a democracy the people choose a leader in whom they trust. Then the chosen leader says, 'Now shut up and obey me.' People and party are then no longer free to interfere in his business.

The decisive means for politics is violence.

The fate of our times is characterized by rationalization and intellectualization and, above all, by the disenchantment of the world.

A government is an institution that holds a monopoly on the legitimate use of violence.

Politics means striving to share power or striving to influence the distribution of power, either among states or among groups within a state.

Nothing is worthy of man as man unless he can pursue it with passionate devotion.

All knowledge of cultural reality, as may be seen, is always knowledge from particular points of view.

Power is the chance to impose your will within a social context, even when opposed and regardless of the integrity of that chance.

Man does not by nature wish to earn more and more money.

It is not true that good can follow only from good and evil only from evil, but that often the opposite is true.

Purpose is the most important thing worth living for

The universe has more than enough business and wealth for everyone—way more than enough.

There comes a time when all the secrets are told and all that is left are their spent ghosts.

I have come to hide you, ” darkness told the star. “I'm too bright, ” the defiant star replied.

Immigration reform should mean something else entirely. It should mean improvements to our laws and policies to make life better for American citizens.

Don't you find it odd," she continued, "that when you're a kid, everyone, all the world, encourages you to follow your dreams. But when you're older, somehow they act offended if you even try.

I was the kid who read a lot and who was academic, and who was more of an indoor person than an outdoor person. I would win the summer reading contest at the library.

Ronnie Barker was a straightforward man who had this extraordinary ability to make the nation laugh

Instead of fixing all your problems, God may be wanting to use your problems to teach you to trust and obey Him.

The basic principle is that the losers have to confess, not the victors. When they do it, it's a crime. When we do it, it's not. And more generally, it's the defeated who are tried, not the victors.