Karl Kraus Quotes on Politics
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The esthete stands in the same relation to beauty as the pornographer stands to love, and the politician stands to life.
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Democracy divides people into workers and loafers. It makes no provision for those who have no time to work.
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Democracy means the opportunity to be everyone's slave.
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How is the world ruled and how do wars start? Diplomats tell lies to journalists and then believe what they read.
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The secret of the demagogue is to make himself as stupid as his audience so that they believe they are as clever as he.