The king! I thought he was philosopher enough to allow that there was no murder in politics. In politics, my dear fellow, you know, as well as I do, there are no men, but ideas - no feelings, but interests; in politics we do not kill a man, we only remove an obstacle, that is all. Alexandre Dumas
About This Quote

You can't kill a man in politics. You can only remove an obstacle so that another man can be placed in the way of the object of your passion.

Source: The Count Of Monte Cristo

Some Similar Quotes
  1. If you have the woman you love, what more do you need? Well, besides an alibi for the time of her husband’s murder.
 - Unknown
  2. Our love was a two-person game. At least until one of us died, and the other became a murderer.
 - Unknown
  3. Please, " he says. "I'm begging you to stop." I still. "I can't stomach your pain, " he says. "I can feel it so strongly and it's making me crazy- please, " he says to me. "Don't be sad. Or hurt. Or guilty. You've done... - Tahereh Mafi
  4. Heaven is comfort, but it's still not living. - Alice Sebold
  5. If it weren't for greed, intolerance, hate, passion and murder, you would have no works of art, no great buildings, no medical science, no Mozart, no Van Gough, no Muppets and no Louis Armstrong. - Jasper Fforde
More Quotes By Alexandre Dumas
  1. Woman is sacred the woman one loves is holy.
  2. True love always makes a man better, no matter what woman inspires it.
  3. Love is the most selfish of all the passions.
  4. Moral wounds have this peculiarity - they may be hidden, but they never close; always painful, always ready to bleed when touched, they remain fresh and open in the heart.
  5. When you compare the sorrows of real life to the pleasures of the imaginary one, you will never want to live again, only to dream forever.
Related Topics