10 Great Confucius Political Quotes for Election 2008

Many great political quotes of Confucius apply to Election 2008. Even though Confucius lived long ago, many of his great political quotes are timeless, and so are applicable to Election 2008. Here are my favorite Election 2008 applicable great political quotes by Confucius.

"An oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger."

This is one of the great quotes by Confucius for the 2008 Election season that voters need to pay heed to very much. What are the chances that we will have to worry about a tiger escaping the local zoo and eating us alive? On the other hand, what are the chances that our personal freedoms will continue to be whittled away in the name of the "war on terror" if the voters elect certain politicians for the next several years? I won't tell people how to vote, but people need to ponder this saying very carefully!

"Never give a sword to a man who can't dance."

Election 2008 is full of a lot of public relations ploys by politicians that appear to be very shallow or silly, like Barack Obama's dancing on the Ellen show recently! But could it be that Obama has studied the great quotes of Confucius and realized that if he expects people to trust him as Commander-in-Chief, he must show folks that he can dance?

"The strength of the nation derives from the integrity of the home."

Voters who will participate in Election 2008 need to realize that politicians alone will not solve all the problems of this nation, no matter how honest and skilled they are. Unless voters make sure they and their families are on the right track spiritually and morally, things in this country won't improve, as this great quote by Confucius states.

"Men of principle are always bold, but those who are bold are not always men of principle."

"The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell."