SOME THOUGHTS ON POLITICS
‘ Politics’ is briefly defined as ‘the activities involved in
getting and using power in public life, and being able to influence decisions
that affect a country or society.’And a politician is defined as a person whose
job is concerned with politics, especially as an elected member of a law-
making body.
Ideally, a politician should be a qualified person. He/she
should be thoroughly patriotic and should not indulge in unfair means, His/her
party loyalty, too, should be firm and safe from anti-party temptations.
It is sad that some modern politicians indulge in
unprincipled acts. Somebody rightly said
“To be a chemist you must study chemistry; to be a lawyer or a physician you
must study law or medicine; but to be a politician you need only to study your
own interests.”
“ According to English author Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) :“The
man who can make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass, grow on the spot
where only one grew before , would deserve better of mankind, and render more
essential service to the country , than the whole race of politicians put
together.”
Great politicians who do not think of the next election but
of the next generation become statesmen. They do not suffer from selfishness, egotism,
lust for power, hatred towards other parties and the use of unethical means.
Finally, it is not desirable if every political question
becomes a social question, and every social question becomes a religious
question.
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G.R.Kanwal
15 May 2024
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