Niccolo Machiavelli Quotes

Governments rather depend upon men, than men upon governments.

Exploitation and government are two inseparable expressions of what is called politics.

The governments of the great States have two instruments for keeping the people dependent, in fear and obedience: a coarser, the army; and a more refined, the school.

The FBI has always supported big business and big government.

It is evident that not all people that have the confidence of the prime minister are the same ones that have the confidence of the head of state.

Politics and power is a realm of relative influence.

Two kinds of men generally best succeed in political life; men of no principle, but of great talent; and men of no talent, but of one principle - that of obedience to their superiors.

The Federal Government is exploiting public fear to redefine the relationship between the rulers and the American people.

Party domination and State leadership are concepts incompatible with one another.

Vice presidents are supposed to be eternally loyal, which is why it is so difficult for some to figure out how to succeed their bosses.

I don't think that Washington is a fundamentally bad or corrupt place.

I am voting for this war so as not to be disloyal to President Bush.

Self preservation is the first law of nature and governments.

There is little leadership or followership on the Hill.

Washington has political power combined with the insider illusion of being in control.

Presidents have molded and been molded by all that happens here [Washington DC].

Fear is in almost all cases a wretched instrument of government, and ought in particular never to be employed against any order of men who have the smallest pretensions to independency.

She certainly is a great queen, and were she only a Catholic she would be our dearly beloved. Just look how well she governs; she is only a woman, only mistress of half an island, and yet she makes herself feared by Spain, by France, by the Empire, by all.

Government is no sooner created than it becomes too strong for society, and shapes and moulds, as well as controls it.

Government is an association of men who do violence to the rest of us.

It's very interesting how Washington works. It's not about speeches. It's about relationships.

Steve Bannon was my right-hand man. He didn't like me to say it, but he was on my payroll.

Leadership is important in politics.

I've been able to see some very impressive people that are in politics, and I've been able to see a lot more people that are much less impressive that I don't know if I'd want to spend my life working with. When I see sort of how the sausage is made, it's not very pretty.

At the heart of all problems lies the politics of the country.