A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.
Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies.
Political tyranny is nothing compared to the social tyranny and a reformer, who defies society is a more courageous man than a politician who defies government.
Bradley Manning has been imprisoned without charge, under torture, which is what solitary confinement is.
You can change friends but not neighbours.
Human rights are women's rights, and women's rights are human rights.
The most successful politician is he who says what the people are thinking most often in the loudest voice.
We are all so lucky to be born in India. Our politicians amuse us so much by being the laughing stocks.
You can get quite far in a democracy if you can convince a majority that they are victims of a minority, and that only you can protect them.
The beauty and riddle, in studying the motives of any politician is in trying to decide what is idealism and what is self-interest, and often we are left to conclude that the answer is a mixture of the two.
