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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


Source: http://www.coolstuff49ja.com/2015/01/10-great-quotes-on-politics.html#.VLrnXSyPPVI

Hmm

5 & 6 are great quotes
number five is exactly d situation we are in at d moment in nigeria
number 6 hmm everyone is searching wit a touchlight wot nigeria will or has done for dem but dey cannot show wot dey hv done to improve d fate of d country

Hmmmmm...
"A politician divides mankind into two classes; Tools and enemies"-Friedrich nietzsche

So all of you fighting and insulting yourselves here on Nairaland, Which class do you belong to?

"POLITICS is supposed to be the world's second oldest profession, and I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first."(...Which is prostitution).__Ronald Reagan. That's why you see our politicians behaving like prostitutes.

Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up, and shake off the existing government, and form a new one that suits them better. This is a most valuable - a most sacred right - a right, which we hope and believe, is to liberate the world. ~Abraham Lincoln

texanomaly:
Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up, and shake off the existing government, and form a new one that suits them better. This is a most valuable - a most sacred right - a right, which we hope and believe, is to liberate the world. ~Abraham Lincoln

.....Talibans, ISIS etc will love this.. I doubt if Lincoln would made this statement today

Number 5 and 6 quotes are from men I revere. Marx and X. Two of a kind. Mentally and radically incline to steer feeling of revolution.

It is true that Karl Marx was a genius who saw into the future and knew what capitalism would breed.

I'll drop this quote: "A people without knowledge are like trees without roots". -Marcus Garvey.

Opiosko:
.....Talibans, ISIS etc will love this.. I doubt if Lincoln would made this statement today

The said quote by Lincoln is holistic in our ramification.

I still believe should Abe Lincoln be alive today, he may even bring forth more quotes of this nature.

Remember, "guns don't kill people, people kill people".

GEJ to Anambra people: the steel for the Niger bridge has been imported..
GMB to Kogi: we will revive Ajaokuta steel..

IbnSultaan:
GEJ to Anambra people: the steel for the Niger bridge has been imported..
GMB to Kogi: we will revive Ajaokuta steel..

Use your head.

We WILL not We HAVE

Zellie:
Use your head.

We WILL not We HAVE

others are promising Gej is doing it

Hmmm!!! Nice 1 @Op

texanomaly:
Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up, and shake off the existing government, and form a new one that suits them better. This is a most valuable - a most sacred right - a right, which we hope and believe, is to liberate the world. ~Abraham Lincoln

Interesting quote.

Acekidc4:
Hmmm!!! Nice 1 @Op

Thank you.

Nice one Mac.


Here are my favourites;


Politicians are like nappies. They should be changed often - and for the same reason____Maureen potter


A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul_____Bernard Shaw