Politics Quote by Bertrand De Jouvenel Download Open image “A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves.” — Bertrand De Jouvenel ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.9 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Politics Time
Sooner or later, a society of sheep must create a government of wolves. — Bertrand de Jouvenel Copy Share Image
In an oppressive society if a group stands up to take care of the lambs, it automatically stands up against the wolves. — Vishal Mangalwadi Copy Share Image
So when the wolf pounces on your lamb, just ignore the pitiful bleating and remind yourself that this is a democracy, where every sheep… — Joseph Sobran Copy Share Image
We've become a nation of wolves ruled by sheep. Owned by swine overfed & put to sleep. — Otep Copy Share
But our idea is that the wolves should be fed and the sheep kept safe. — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
Although we give lip service to the notion of freedom, we know the government is no longer the servant of the people but, at last has become the people's master. We have stood by like timid sheep while the wolf killed - first the weak, then the strays, then those on the outer edges of the flock, until at last… — Gerry Spence Copy Share
“I have never seen sheep kill sheep, but wolves? We have civil unrest in Pakistan, Iran, Afghanistan, Lebanon, Sudan, Somalia, Algeria, the Philippines, Indonesia,… — Walid Shoebat Copy Share Image
But there are no institutions on earth which enable each separate person to have a hand in the exercise of Power, for Power is… — Bertrand de Jouvenel Copy Share Image
It is appropriate here to recall that the so-called Dark Ages began with the flight of the individuals into the protection of lords or… — Bertrand de Jouvenel Copy Share Image
“As every advance of Power is useful for war, so war is useful for the advance of power; war is like a sheep-dog harrying… — Bertrand De Jouvenel Copy Share Image
“The modern absolutism, which we find the most natural thing in the world, would have been quite beyond the dreams of the most absolute… — Bertrand De Jouvenel Copy Share Image
Ransack the history of revolutions, and it will be found that every fall of a regime has been presaged by a defiance which went… — Bertrand de Jouvenel Copy Share Image
“The man who has dedicated himself to the success of the protect, the master builder, no longer has any freedom: his conduct is now… — Bertrand De Jouvenel Copy Share Image
“The entire stock of relationships which suited in war—militiae—was regarded as inadmissible and improper in peace—domi. We have the measure of how right the… — Bertrand De Jouvenel Copy Share Image
“Historians of the sentimental school have sometimes regretted that royalty became absolute, while at the same time rejoicing that it installed plebeians in office.… — Bertrand De Jouvenel Copy Share Image
“The idea so commonly found that scepticism leads to toleration arises from considering the effects of scepticism in the intellectual who takes no active… — Bertrand De Jouvenel Copy Share Image
“Power is linked with war, and a society wishing to limit war's ravages can find no other way than by limiting the scope of… — Bertrand De Jouvenel Copy Share Image
“Rejoicing in his absolute authority, the single egoist will exploit it methodically, whereas a mêlée of egoists will bring about a ruinous disorder and… — Bertrand De Jouvenel Copy Share Image
Sentiment is the mightiest force in civilization; not sentimentality, but sentiment. Women will bring this into politics. Home, sweet home, is as powerful on… — Judith Ellen Foster Copy Share Image
Crony capitalism is essentially a condition in which... public officials are giving favours to people in the private sector in payment of political favours. — Alan Greenspan Copy Share Image
“Only careful political manoeuvring will be able to manage the situation.” — Davan Yahya Khalil Copy Share Image
We could form a government of national unity fighting corruption. The ordinary Afghan is sick and tired of it, because it's she or he… — Ashraf Ghani Copy Share Image
Politics is not an issue whether you like or dislike , but every citizen must involve. — Khem Veasna Copy Share Image
For the Scottish government, the practice of having meetings in different parts of the country is well established, but for the U.K. government, it… — Nicola Sturgeon Copy Share Image
“The global population of Earth are involved in the following corporate government experiments: The long term effects of - 1. Nuclear bomb fallout radiation.… — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
Scepticism and cynicism about politics is so great that one of the best counters to it is what you can do at a local… — Ed Miliband Copy Share Image
Right now we're concerned about budget. Right now we're concerned about the prospect of interest rate rise. We're concerned about government corruption, government handing… — Amity Shlaes Copy Share Image
One of the worst things to come out of the Consumer Protection Board's misleading claims is the impression that government resources are to hard… — Matthew Lesko Copy Share Image
“Jim Reston: Walking through the crowds of air-kissing politicians, actors and high fliers, it was tough to tell where the politics stopped and the… — Peter Morgan Copy Share Image
We have to build our own power. We have to win every single political office we can, where we have a majority of black… — Fannie Lou Hamer Copy Share Image
