Politics
- John Maxwell, 1st Baron Farnham (1687–1759), Irish peer and politician
- John Maxwell, 2nd Earl of Farnham (1760–1823), Irish Representative peer and politician
- John Patterson Bryan Maxwell (1804–1845), New Jersey House Representative for the Whig Party
- Sir John Maxwell, 7th Baronet (1768–1844), British Member of the UK Parliament for Paisley
- Sir John Maxwell, 8th Baronet, British Member of the UK Parliament for Lanarkshire and Renfrewshire
- John Waring Maxwell, Member of the UK Parliament for Downpatrick
Read more about this topic: John Maxwell
Famous quotes containing the word politics:
“While you’re playing cards with a regular guy or having a bite to eat with him, he seems a peaceable, good-humoured and not entirely dense person. But just begin a conversation with him about something inedible, politics or science, for instance, and he ends up in a deadend or starts in on such an obtuse and base philosophy that you can only wave your hand and leave.”
—Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860–1904)
“Of course, in the reality of history, the Machiavellian view which glorifies the principle of violence has been able to dominate. Not the compromising conciliatory politics of humaneness, not the Erasmian, but rather the politics of vested power which firmly exploits every opportunity, politics in the sense of the “Principe,” has determined the development of European history ever since.”
—Stefan Zweig (18811942)
“Finance is a gun. Politics is knowing when to pull the trigger.”
—Mario Puzo, U.S. author, screenwriter, and Francis Ford Coppola, U.S. director, screenwriter. Michael Corleone (Al Pacino)