Republic Quotes · Page 16

That Plato's Republic should have been admired, on its political side, by decent people, is perhaps the most astonishing example of literary…

— Bertrand Russell

Proof that they do not understand the republic is that in their fine promises for universal suffrage, they forgot women.

— Delphine de Girardin

For some years I deserted religion in favour of Marxism. The republic of goodness seemed more attainable than the Kingdom of God.

— Lionel Blue

I pledged California to a Northern Republic and to a flag that should have no treacherous threads of cotton in its warp,…

— Thomas Starr King

We hope never to live in a Republic where one section is pinned to the other section by bayonets.

— Horace Greeley

The best way to help the Latino community is to give back. I love giving back; I'm quiet about God and what…

— Daddy Yankee

When the people find that they can vote themselves money that will herald the end of the republic.

— Benjamin Franklin

In 'The Republic' he [Plato] states that the enjoyment of food is not a true pleasure because the purpose of eating is…

— Mark Kurlansky

If there ever is to be a republic of every village in India, then I claim verity for my picture in which…

— Mahatma Gandhi

I helped in the raping of half a dozen Central American republics for the benefit of Wall Street. The record of racketeering…

— Smedley Butler

How do things, whether they are movies, or plays, Hamilton, or people, ideas - how do they become transformative or iconic? That…

— Cass Sunstein

In the United States of North America, every independent movement of the workers was paralysed so long as slavery disfigured a part…

— Karl Marx

Revolution? Unscrew the flag-staff, wrap the bunting in the oil covers, and put the thing in the clothes-chest. Let the old lady…

— Alfred Doblin

I am one of those who do not believe that a national debt is a national blessing, but rather a curse to…

— Andrew Jackson

I believe that the capital of the Republic of Albania is a suitable venue for discussing the dialogue among religions and civilizations,…

— Anonymous

“that the whole nation, tired of war, actually only longed for order, quiet, and a little security and bourgeois life. And, secretly…

— Stefan Zweig

Public virtue cannot exist in a nation without private, and public virtue is the only foundation of republics. There must be a…

— John Adams

Republics demanded virtue. Monarchies could rely on coercion and "dazzling splendor" to suppress self-interest or factions; republics relied on the goodness of…

— James Monroe

“It is *essential* to such a government, that it be derived from the great body of the society, not from an inconsiderable…

— James Madison

The whole history between Haiti and the Dominican Republic is complicated. We share the island of Hispaniola, and Haiti occupied the Dominican…

— Edwidge Danticat

This government to government relationship is the result of sovereign and independent tribal governments being incorporated into the fabric of our Nation,…

— George H. W. Bush

Since taking office, I've made it clear that the United States was prepared to begin a new chapter of engagement with the…

— Barack Obama

What frightens me about America today is that in the large majority there is no active sense of the value of the…

— May Sarton

Between 1831 and 1891, US armed forces - usually the Marines - invaded Mexico, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Panama, Colombia,…

— Michael Parenti

The aim of constitutional government is to preserve the Republic; that of revolutionary government is to lay its foundation.

— Maximilien Robespierre

The myth that the founding of American Republic was based on the philosophy of John Locke could only have been maintained, because…

— Robert Trout

We demand in the Reconstruction suffrage for all the citizens of the Republic. I would not talk of Negroes or women, but…

— Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Haiti was a French colony, but in 1804, the slaves rose up and defeated the French and formed the Republic. For the…

— Thabo Mbeki

“In America, only opportunity is assured, not outcomes. Anyone who promises otherwise is acting contrary to the values upon which our Republic…

— Brad Thor

We need to get back into grappling with people we disagree with if we want to restore the Republic.

— Naomi Wolf

A republic is not an easy form of government to live under, and when the responsibility of citizenship is evaded, democracy decays…

— Earl Warren

The nonconformist and the rebel say all manner of unanswerable things against the existing republic, but discover to our sense no plan…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Music does affect your opinions. Plato is supposed to have said "It's very dangerous to allow the wrong kind of music into…

— Pete Seeger

Czech Republics worst pick up line: What's a nice place like this doing around a women like you?

— Franz Wisner

For the demise of the Latin monarch, he who will reign with help and support will burn a brilliant fire. The Republic's…

— Nostradamus

We have to be thankful to the Czechs that they did their duty. The Czech Republic won, I can't believe it. It…

— Ruud van Nistelrooy

And then what?" said her daemon sleepily. "Build what?" "The Republic of Heaven," said Lyra.

— Philip Pullman

MULTITUDE, n. A crowd; the source of political wisdom and virtue. In a republic, the object of the statesman's adoration.

— Ambrose Bierce

Just about every Latin American country has sent players to the big leagues, from the Dominican Republic to Costa Rica.

— Cheech Marin

I was born in Panama, the Republic of Panama, on July 16, 1948 in Panama City, in an area called San Felipe.

— Ruben Blades