"Real politics are the possession and distribution of power." ― Benjamin Disraeli Topic(s): Politics Tags: politics, possession More From Benjamin Disraeli "Never complain and never explain." "A great city, whose image dwells in the memory of man, is the type of some great idea. Rome represents conquest; Faith hovers over the towers of Jerusalem; and Athens embodies the pre-eminent quality of the antique world, Art." "The health of the people is really the foundation upon which all their happiness and all their powers as a state depend." More In Politics "Consul – in American politics, a person who having failed to secure an office from the people is given one by the Administration on condition that he leave the country."― Ambrose Bierce "If you are going to sin, sin against God, not the bureaucracy. God will forgive you but the bureaucracy won’t."― Hyman Rickover "In politics, you also have to be cautiously optimistic."― Aung San Suu Kyi