"Revolution, n. In politics, an abrupt change in the form of misgovernment." Ambrose Bierce
"Every country gets the Government it deserves." Aristotle
"The great thing about Democracy is that it gives every voter a chance to do something stupid." Art Spander
"I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians." Charles DeGaulle
"Any man who wants to be president is either an egomaniac or crazy." Dwight Eisenhower
"One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes a revolution in order to establish a dictatorship." George Orwell
"When you have an efficient government, you have a dictatorship." Harry S. Truman
"There cannot be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full." Henry Kissinger
"Sometimes people mistake the way I talk for what I am thinking." Idi Amin
"Win or lose, we go shopping after the election." Imelda Marcos
"Under Capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite." John Kenneth Galbraith
"Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects." Lester Pearson
"I'm quite modest. I don't want to tell people I'm a leader." Pol Pot
"One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors." Plato
"Any nation that decides the only way to achieve peace is through peaceful means is a nation that will soon be a piece of another nation." Richard Nixon
"By definition, as a Prime Minister I cannot be a liar." Silvio Berlusconi
"People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use." Soren Kierkegaard
"We must make a radical turn, at 360 degrees." Todor Zhivkov
"It is true that liberty is precious; so precious that it must be carefully rationed." Vladimir Lenin
"The best argument against Democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter." Winston Churchill