5 Quotes Tagged: demagoguery

Sort by Popularity
Demagoguery is the ability to dress minor ideas with major words.
Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States from 1861 to 1865
politics demagoguery
Find Similar
You [demagogues] are like the fishers for eels; in still waters they catch nothing, but if they thoroughly stir up the slime, their fishing is good; in the same way it's only in troublous times that you line your pockets.
Aristophanes, Classical Athenian comic playwright (c. 446 – c. 386 BC)
This quote has a book source. Sign up to see titles and page references
disdain demagoguery trouble vice unrest grime materialism greed slime eels filth fishing peace unclean upheaval Politicians
Find Similar
Works in ChatGPT, Claude, or Any AI

Add semantic quote search to your AI assistant via MCP. One command setup.

Set Up MCP
[Y]ou possess all the attributes of a demagogue; a screeching, horrible voice, a perverse, crossgrained nature and the language of the market-place. In you all is united which is needful for governing.
Aristophanes, Classical Athenian comic playwright (c. 446 – c. 386 BC)
This quote has a book source. Sign up to see titles and page references
character administration government demagoguery language voice nature greed attributes barter human-voice marketplace selfishness Politicians
Full Quote Find Similar