what avails statecraft against the love of a mother for…

I felt like a seed in a pomegranate. Some say that the pomegranate was the real apple of Eve, fruit of the womb, I…

— Jeanette Winterson

“Lust is the blessing of the fruit of the womb.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

Mary found again in the adorable Host the adorable fruit of her womb... and began in the Cenacle her new maternity at the feet…

— Peter Julian Eymard

“Intelligence analysts should be self-conscious about their reasoning processes. They should think about how they make judgments and reach conclusions, not just about the…

— Richard Heuer

“If you look at it closely, every individual is a separate entity, state and culture. The macro state is a federation of citizens who…

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

“For, although one may be very strong in armed forces, yet in entering a province one has always need of the goodwill of the…

— Machiavelli, Niccolo

The most perilous moment for a bad government is when it seeks to mend its ways. Only consummate statecraft can enable a king to…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

“State first, subject second, statesman last.”

— Amit Kalantri

Study history, study history. In history lie all the secrets of statecraft.

— Winston Churchill

I say statecraft is soulcraft. Just as all education is moral education because learning conditions conduct, most legislation is moral legislations because it conditions…

— George Will

We need a dramatically expanded use of statecraft.

— Newt Gingrich

Study history, study history. In history lies all the secrets of statecraft.

— Winston Churchill

He who is firmly seated in authority soon learns to think security, and not progress, the highest lesson in statecraft.

— James Russell Lowell

Though the general principles of statecraft have survived the rise and fall of empires, every increase in knowledge has brought about changes in the…

— John Boyd Orr

We must feel toward our people as a father toward his children; yea, the most tender love of a mother must not surpass ours.…

— Richard Baxter