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
I feel that the constitution is workable, it is flexible and it is strong enough to hold the country together both in… — B. R. Ambedkar Copy Share Image
No single Tibetan dreaming return of previous sort of backwardness, therefore as far as economy development is concerned, Tibet remain within the… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
There is not such a cradle of democracy upon the earth as the Free Public Library, this republic of letters, where neither… — Andrew Carnegie Copy Share Image
“In this age, there is no substitute for Christianity. That was the religion of the founders of the republic, and they expected… — United States House Judiciary Committee of Congress 1854 Copy Share Image
Were it not that it might require too long a discussion, it would not be difficult to demonstrate that a large and… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
Jean Jacques Rousseauis nothing but a fool in my eyes when he takes it upon himself to criticise society; he did not… — Stendhal Copy Share Image
Who are we? And for what are we going to fight? Are we the titled slaves of George the Third? The military… — Andrew Jackson Copy Share Image
In the two centuries that have passed since 1776, millions upon millions of Americans have worked and taken up arms when necessary… — Gerald R. Ford Copy Share Image
We're not going to walk into the World Cup thinking, 'Ah, you know, we beat Norway 5-0 and we beat Japan so… — Kasey Keller Copy Share Image
Look, there is parliamentary democracy in most European countries, there is parliamentary democracy in Japan, there is parliamentary democracy in many countries,… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Republics come to an end by luxurious habits; monarchies by poverty. — Baron de Montesquieu Copy Share Image
No class is safe unless government is so arranged that each class has in its hands the means of protecting itself. That… — Wendell Phillips Copy Share Image
Ronald Reagan is going to go into negotiations with [Vladimir] Putin from a position of strength. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama gave… — Rudy Giuliani 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
Let it be said: Loyalty to the New World Order is disloyalty to the Republic — Pat Buchanan Copy Share Image
Our Republic and its press will rise or fall together," Pulitzer wrote. "An able, disinterested, public-spirited press, with trained intelligence to know… — Joseph Pulitzer Copy Share Image
We may wonder at the choice of Israel and Rome as the archetypes of the new nation, in view of the long… — Robert Neelly Bellah Copy Share Image
The Congo is really beautiful. People correct me and say, "Oh, you mean the Democratic Republic of the Congo." Well, fine. But,… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
Every time I've talked about the Republic of Gilead, I always say, 'The still-fictional Republic of Gilead.' — Madeline Brewer Copy Share Image
Haiti is unique - the first successful slave revolt in history, the first black republic etc., and then when you get into… — Ben Fountain Copy Share Image
The market-driven spectacle of war demands a culture of conformity, quiet intellectuals and a largely passive republic of consumers. — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
He meant the Kingdom was over, the Kingdom of Heaven, it was all finished. We shouldn't live as if it mattered more… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
The British who arrived in the United States in the eighteen-thirties and forties had imagined the young republic as a wide-eyed adolescent,… — Simon Schama Copy Share Image
As in Athens, the right to participate was restricted to men, just as it was also in all later democracies and republics… — Robert A. Dahl Copy Share Image