10 Great Quotes About Politics

We are in the political season in Nigeria with virtually every Nigerian feeling politically inclined at the moment and I am not left out. As a result, I present 10 great quotes on politics. I hope you'll enjoy reading them as much as I have:

1. “Loyalty to country ALWAYS. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it.”― Mark Twain

2. “In politics, stupidity is not a handicap.”
― Napoléon Bonaparte

3.“The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself.”
― Plato

4. “You're not to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it.” ― Malcolm X

5. “The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class are to represent and repress them.”
― Karl Marx

6. “Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.”
― John F. Kennedy

7. “I have left orders to be awakened at any time during national emergency, even if I'm in a cabinet meeting.” ― Ronald Reagan

8. “Those who love peace must learn to organize as effectively as those who love war.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.

9. “A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves.” ― Edward R. Murrow

10. “Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you.” ― Pericles