“Democracy is worth dying for, because it's the most deeply honorable form of government ever devised by man.”
More from Ronald Reagan on Politics
“Nothing lasts longer than a temporary government program.”
“Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.”
“The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would steal them away.”
“It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first.”
“Politics I supposed to be the second-oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.”
Others on Politics
Otto von Bismarck
9 quotes“Political judgment is the ability to hear the distant hoofbeats of the horse of history.”
Charles de Gaulle
6 quotes“In politics it is necessary either to betray one's country or the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate.”
H. L. Mencken
6 quotes“A good politician is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar.”
Tocqueville
5 quotes“The most dangerous moment for a bad government is when it begins to reform.”
Margaret Thatcher
4 quotes“The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money.”
George Orwell
4 quotes“Patriotism is usually stronger than class hatred, and always stronger than internationalism.”
Henry Adams
4 quotes“Practical politics consists in ignoring facts.”
FDR
3 quotes“Presidents are selected, not elected.”
Laurence Peter
2 quotes“America is a land of taxation that was founded to avoid taxation.”
Mahatma Gandhi
2 quotes“I can retain neither respect nor affection for government which has been moving from wrong to wrong in order to defend i...”
Will Durant
2 quotes“The state is the soul of man enlarged under the microscope of history.”
Mao Zedong
2 quotes“Politics is war without blood, while war is politics with blood.”