"I've never worked in politics, never been a member of an official committee or a political party."

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"I've never worked in politics, never been a member of an official committee or a political party."

Explore more quotes by Naguib Mahfouz

"I was a government employee in the morning and a writer in the evening."

Government, Evening, Writer

"As the tension eases, we must look in the direction of agriculture, industry and education as our final goals, and toward democracy under Mr Mubarak."

Education, Goals, Agriculture, Democracy

"I started writing while I was a little boy. Maybe it's because I was reading a lot of books I admired, and thought that I would like to write something like that someday. Also, my love for good writing pushed me."

Love, Thought, Books, Reading

"I reject any path which rejects life, but I can't help loving Sufism because it sounds so beautiful. It gives relief in the midst of battle."

Life, Battle, Help

"I love Sufism as I love beautiful poetry, but it is not the answer. Sufism is like a mirage in the desert. It says to you, come and sit, relax and enjoy yourself for a while."

Love, Poetry, Relax

"I defend both the freedom of expression and society's right to counter it. I must pay the price for differing. It is the natural way of things."

Society, Expression, Freedom, Right

"I thought they would never select an Eastern writer for the Nobel. I was surprised."

Thought, Writer

"Hosni Mubarak... his constitution is not democratic, but he is democratic. We can voice our opinions now. The press is free."

Constitution, Now, Opinions, Press

"History is full of people who went to prison or were burned at the stake for proclaiming their ideas. Society has always defended itself."

History, Society, People, Ideas

"An allegory is not meant to be taken literally. There is a great lack of comprehension on the part of some readers."

Reading, Read

Exlpore more Politics quotes

"The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter."

Winston Churchill, English Statesman

Politics, Argument, Conversation, Democracy

"If the Soviet Union let another political party come into existence, they would still be a one-party state, because everybody would join the other party."

Ronald Reagan, American President

Politics, Existence, Party, State

"Governments tend not to solve problems, only to rearrange them."

Ronald Reagan, American President

Politics, Problems

"There is no act of treachery or meanness of which a political party is not capable; for in politics there is no honour."

Benjamin Disraeli, British Statesman

Politics, Act, Party, Treachery

"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be."

Thomas Jefferson, American President

Politics, Civilization, Nation, State, Will

"I just think that - when a country needs more income and we do, we're only taking in 15 percent of GDP, I mean, that - that - when a country needs more income, they should get it from the people that have it."

Warren Buffett, American Businessman

Politics, People, Country, Income, Needs

"The people will save their government, if the government itself will allow them."

Abraham Lincoln, American Politician

Politics, Government, People, Will

"Conquest is not in our principles. It is inconsistent with our government."

Thomas Jefferson, American President

Politics, Government, Conquest, Principles

"Let us not forget who we are. Drug abuse is a repudiation of everything America is."

Ronald Reagan, American President

Politics, Abuse, America, Forget

"Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms."

Aristotle, Greek Philosopher

Politics, People, Mistrust