"In politics shared hatreds are almost always the basis of friendships." ― Alexis de Tocqueville Topic(s): Politics More From Alexis de Tocqueville "There are two things which a democratic people will always find very difficult – to begin a war and to end it." "A democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax can escape the obligation to pay it." "There are many men of principle in both parties in America, but there is no party of principle." More In Politics "If you are going to sin, sin against God, not the bureaucracy. God will forgive you but the bureaucracy won’t."― Hyman Rickover "Lenin said that people vote with their feet. Well, that’s what’s happening. They either go, or they don’t go. It’s all politics. It’s all demographics."― Warren Beatty "Politics makes me sick."― William Howard Taft