ABOUT
TONY CARELLA
I have a Bachelor of Arts degree in Honours Modern History from St. Michael’s College in the University of Toronto and taught history and law at the senior secondary level for 18 years. My interest in politics is natural, as I grew up in a family where politics was the usual topic of dinnertime conversation. Indeed, I first served as a campaign canvasser at age thirteen and attended my first national political convention two years later.
ABOUT
TONY CARELLA
I have a Bachelor of Arts degree in Honours Modern History from St. Michael’s College in the University of Toronto and taught history and law at the senior secondary level for 18 years. My interest in politics is natural, as I grew up in a family where politics was the usual topic of dinnertime conversation. Indeed, I first served as a campaign canvasser at age thirteen and attended my first national political convention two years later.
QUOTations LIBRARY
MY SOURCES
The quotations at this website were found in various locations as referenced with each quotation—some from editions of a particular author’s work, some in online versions of the works of other authors, others just folk expressions. But the bulk of what follows come from collections of quotations, a favourite excavation site of mine since I discovered them in my teens.
I am especially grateful to the editors of these collections, for making my work so much easier
- Famous Lasting Words: Great Canadian Quotations, John Robert Colombo, ed., (Vancouver: 2000)
- The Cynic’s Lexicon, Jonathon Green, ed., (London: 1986),
- The Great Thoughts, George Seldes, ed., (1985)
- The Oxford Dictionary of Modern Quotations, Tony Augarde, ed., (Oxford: 1991)
- The Oxford Dictionary of Political Quotations, Antony Jay, ed., (1997)
- The Portable Curmudgeon, Jon Winokur, ed., (New York: 1987)
About the Book
The Politician:
A Companion to Niccolò Machiavelli’s The Prince
The age of princes has passed, but the age of politicians is at its height. So is Niccolò Machiavelli’s The Prince any less relevant? No. But it needs an update to reflect the political realities of our times. That is the purpose of this groundbreaking manuscript, a guide to success in contemporary politics, where the democratically elected politician has assumed the role of the classical prince.
Here is revealed how a politician must act if she wants to be successful, how she must plot her every move, whether dealing with colleagues, constituents, family members, bureaucrats, lobbyists, or the media. This manuscript is unique, for it exposes, at a level of detail never seen before, the inner workings of the mind of the contemporary politician. And while it may prove an asset to aspiring politicians, its frank and honest nature will no doubt strike fear in the hearts of incumbent politicians as it sheds light on their motives, intentions, and aspirations.
ABOUT THE POLITICIAN
