The extraordinary context of 'Coriolanus' is that it's the first republic - it's the first attempt to create a society not ruled… — Robert Lepage Copy Share Image
We lived in a totalitarian system for more than 70 years, and our views are still under its influence. Many heads of… — Irakli Okruashvili Copy Share Image
Such questions have never been discussed in scholarly publications because the Nazi laws, policies, and practices have never been adequately documented. The… — Stephen Halbrook Copy Share Image
Instead of an aristocracy of wealth, of more harm and danger than benefit to society, to make an opening for the aristocracy… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
If increased government spending with borrowed or newly created money is a 'stimulus,' then the Weimar Republic should have been stimulated to… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
I'm sure in a few years it will be unthinkable to say there were 20 years when we didn't recognize the People's… — Pierre Trudeau Copy Share Image
It strikes me often while I am in Iran that were Christian evangelicals to take a tour of Iran today, they might… — Hooman Majd Copy Share Image
What has become clear to many Americans is that the electoral system is bankrupt. As the political process becomes more privatized, outsourced,… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
“…money and honour have no attraction for them; good men do not wish to be openly demanding payment for governing and so… — Socrates Copy Share Image
During the war, a battle was fought here, not only for the creation of a new Yugoslavia, but also a battle for… — Josip Broz Tito Copy Share Image
All of the great patriots now engaged in edging and squirming their way toward the Presidency of the Republic run true to… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Sir, it is true that republics have often been cradled in war, but more often they have met with a grave in… — Jefferson Davis Copy Share Image
Our Republic is not a pastoral, not a military, not an agricultural, not a nomadic, not a clerical, but a business civilization.… — Margaret Halsey Copy Share Image
People ask me all the time how I got hired onto the Office. Another common question is how do I manage to… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
Until philosophers are kings, or the kings and princes of this world have the spirit and power of philosophy, and political greatness… — Plato Copy Share Image
Obama might think of himself as one, but he is not a dictator. We are not a banana republic yet. This is… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Defender of the liberty that I idolize, myself more free than anyone, in coming as a friend to offer my services to… — Marquis de Lafayette Copy Share Image
I came up under [Ronald] Reagan and under [George] Bush, and what are we to do now? We are here to fight.… — Junot Diaz Copy Share Image
“There's no question that the Republic has done some horrible things to us all, that they might still be doing those things.… — Marie Lu Copy Share Image
The anger in the Brigade against those who fought the Republic in the rear was sharpened by reports of weapons, even tanks,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
As all those have shown who have discussed civil institutions, and as every history is full of examples, it is necessary to… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
In the first place, it is to be remembered, that the general government is not to be charged with the whole power… — James Madison Copy Share Image
A poet is a poet, whether he rides in a Ford or on a donkey; a sage is a sage, whether he… — Ameen Rihani Copy Share Image
The Irish Republic must be made a word to conjure with - a rallying point for the disaffected, a haven for the… — James Connolly Copy Share Image
It is very easy to make wild generalizations about Islam. All you have to do is read almost any issue of The… — Edward Said Copy Share Image
Though I admire republican principles in theory, yet I am afraid the practice may be too perfect for human nature. We tried… — Robert Walpole Copy Share Image
I am a very big fan of the nation, actually. In Cicero's time, there was this idea that although we were members… — Martha C. Nussbaum Copy Share Image
I ran on the platform of moderation and won the election by a large margin. By virtue of the strong mandate that… — Hassan Rouhani Copy Share Image
Today's widespread relegation of religion to merely something people do only in the privacy of their homes or churches would have been… — Charles Colson Copy Share Image
RABBLE, n. In a republic, those who exercise a supreme authority tempered by fraudulent elections. The rabble is like the sacred Simurgh,… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
The miracle is that some have stepped out of the rags of the Republic's definition to assume the great burden and glory… — James A. Baldwin Copy Share Image
If I were to arrive at a foreign country like Czech Republic, I don't have to speak Czech to understand the feeling… — Jimenez Lai Copy Share Image
The least we can do is to respect the Constitution because that's the foundation on which our republic is built. If you… — Kishore Chandra Deo Copy Share Image
“Grease the guillotine with the fat of tyrants. Pull the concubine out of the clergyman's bed. Monarch's blood must flow, as thick… — Friedrich Hecker Copy Share Image
The anti-slavery party contends that slavery is wrong in itself, and the Government is a consolidated national democracy. We of the South… — Laurence M. Keitt Copy Share Image
Witnessing Panama's overnight transition from banana republic to middle-class retirement haven is like watching the Univision version of Extreme Makeover: it feels… — Andrew Evans Copy Share Image
This Constitutional Republic called America is an historic aberration. Any honest student of history will note that the prevailing socio-economic system is… — Howard Nemerov Copy Share Image
He hated games they made the world look too simple. Chess, in particular, had always annoyed him. It was the dumb way… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“We are not the only country that becomes way more progressive or regressive depending on who gets into office. This is the… — Shellen Lubin Copy Share Image
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