Politics is the diversion of trivial men who, when they succeed at it, become important in the eyes of more trivial men.


As quoted in: Not by Politics Alone!: The Non-political Roots of a Free Society (Arnold-Heinemann, 1978), p. 13

George Jean Nathan Quotes

Politics is the diversion of trivial men who, when they succeed at it, become important in the eyes of more trivial men.

Politics is the diversion of trivial men who, when they succeed at it, become important in the eyes of more trivial men.

Politics is the diversion of trivial men who, when they succeed at it, become important in the eyes of more trivial men.

Politics is the diversion of trivial men who, when they succeed at it, become important in the eyes of more trivial men.