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If the surprise outcome of the recent UK referendum - on whether to leave or remain in the European Union - teaches us anything, it is that supposedly worthy displays of democracy in action can actually do more harm than good. Witness a nation now more divided; an intergenerational schism in the making; both a governing and opposition party torn to shreds from the inside; infinitely more complex issues raised than satisfactory solutions provided. It begs the question 'Was it really all worth it' ? .Alex Morritt
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Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts.Daniel Patrick Moynihan
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Let no one ever intimidate you, you are standing on no one's ground. But again, some have claimed the earth as their own and usurped power from the rest of us. But they are usurpers; power belongs to every one of us. Seek it as much as possible. There is no shame in that. In fact it's a necessity. Either you have power or you are trampled to death in the stampede to get to the topBangambiki Habyarimana
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When you're dealing with frauds and liars, listen more to what they don't say than what they do.DaShanne Stokes
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Truth is hard, propaganda is cheap.DaShanne Stokes
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I think this business of good vs. evil is of no interest to the power hungryBangambiki Habyarimana
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If you are my food, how am I supposed to feel pity towards you? That would mean starvation for me. “A hungry leopard told a fallen, panting, imploring gazelleBangambiki Habyarimana
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The universe runs on the principle that one who can exert the most evil on other creatures runs the show.Bangambiki Habyarimana
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Life is politics, you do it or it does youBangambiki Habyarimana
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In politics what you see is not what you getBangambiki Habyarimana
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Once you are in power, never forget those who put you there. Deal with those who think they can do better than you and those who think you are god's representative on earth. Deal with each other according to his actionsBangambiki Habyarimana
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Power hungry=life lovingBangambiki Habyarimana
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Politicians know it's a game of power, every politician at every level, even in the common of mortals.Bangambiki Habyarimana
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The Golden Mean is for the weakling, it was not meant for the likes of Alexander the Great, Cyrus, Pharaohs, or Hitlers of the worldBangambiki Habyarimana
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Nothing is sweeter and addictive than power, the unlucky soul this demon possesses, if he is not sacrificed on its altar will sacrifice others himself to get itBangambiki Habyarimana
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If anyone rises to power, it's not only because he could, but also because the stars were aligned in his favor. Many with apparent means to take it failed simply because they weren't destined for the honorBangambiki Habyarimana
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Powerless=lifeless.Bangambiki Habyarimana
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Can anyone maintain power without lying? It looks to me like living without breathing. Morality apart, I think some evils are part and parcel of nature and we cannot do without them. Sometimes evil is even necessary to run this evil nature.Bangambiki Habyarimana
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It's unfortunate to be bitten by political ambition. The deadly disease causes a man to want to access power by all means either by sacrificing others to its altar or by sacrificing himself when he fails.Bangambiki Habyarimana
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The powerful are like a compressor, they will grind into paste everything on their wayBangambiki Habyarimana
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Why did McNamara have such good figures? Why did McNamara have such good staff work and Ball such poor staff work? The next day Ball would angrily dispatch his staff to come up with the figures, to find out how McNamara had gotten them, and the staff would burrow away and occasionally find that one of the reasons that Ball did not have comparable figures was that they did not always exist. McNamara had invented them, he dissembled even within the bureaucracy, though, of course, always for a good cause. It was part of his sense of service. He believed in what he did, and thus the morality of it was assured, and everything else fell into place. It was all right to lie and dissemble for the right causes. It was part of service, loyalty to the President, not to the nation, not to colleagues, it was a very special bureaucratic-corporate definition of integrity; you could do almost anything you wanted as long as it served your superior.David Halberstam
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Fiction writers, magicians, politicians and priests are the only people rewarded for entertaining us with their liesBangambiki Habyarimana
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Sincerity is not part of the political vocabulary. If it is used or implied bells should ringBangambiki Habyarimana
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Lies sound like facts to those who've been conditioned to mis-recognize the truth.DaShanne Stokes
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The politicians of your country will always try to encircle you with the high walls of lies! You must know that the truth is beyond the walls and without meeting the truth you cannot meet the freedom!Mehmet Murat Ildan
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I don’t know how a reporter would ever understand a politician. Your job is supposed to be about finding the truth and enlightening people. Right? A politician’s job is about hiding the truth and fooling people. Right? You want us to be better informed so we get smarter. They think we’re dumb and it’s to their advantage to keep us that way.Dan Groat
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Politicians are a higher breed of men. They know that this world is ruthless and that they must live accordingly to cope with itBangambiki Habyarimana
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A politician is a man in his natural stateBangambiki Habyarimana
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All of the wars in the world are fueled by power struggles either at individual, national or international levelsBangambiki Habyarimana
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Truth can come to liberate, but not the truth you were taught. Where you always sought refuge. You only met lies since you were born. You were always among the good, although humanity was evil itself. Will that ever make some sense? None and all. Ideally, nothing.Robert Neil Fleischer
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Politicians look for interests not peopleBangambiki Habyarimana
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Mix carefully truth and deceit, you have politicsBangambiki Habyarimana
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In theory man is put at the center of everything but in practice he is barely allowed to sit on the sidelinesBangambiki Habyarimana
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We fight exploitation of man by man in words but live it in daily lifeBangambiki Habyarimana
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Live as if you were a country and other people as other nations. Then learn politicsBangambiki Habyarimana
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Politics preys on people's naivetyBangambiki Habyarimana
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We contradict all for which we stand for we all stand for the lie the whole lie and nothing but the lie so help save our lying asses.Brian Spellman