Republics are brought to their ends by luxury; monarchies by poverty. — Baron de Montesquieu Copy Share Image
“He who refuses to rule is liable to be ruled by one who is worse than himself.” — Plato Copy Share Image
Our great Republic is a government of laws and not of men. Here, the people rule. — Gerald R. Ford Copy Share Image
A republic cannot succeed, till it contains a certain body of men imbued with the principles of justice and honour. — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
I have to confess I'm addicted to Sky Sports News. Just the music can pull me in. And then whether it's badminton… — Andrew Buchan Copy Share Image
If you want to make the government take a religious side, then make the case, it should be Christian republic. — Rachel Maddow Copy Share Image
This Republic was called into being, organized, and is upheld, by a great political doctrine. — Caleb Cushing Copy Share Image
The transformation of the United States from a traditional republic to a democratic nation run in large measure by a single executive… — Noah Feldman Copy Share Image
Republics, like individuals, who are benefited by personal sacrifices, are proverbially ungrateful. — Epes Sargent Copy Share Image
Faust complained about having two souls in his breast, but I harbor a whole crowd of them and they quarrel. It is… — Otto von Bismarck Copy Share Image
I tell fundamentalists that there is no question of them attacking our Republic's foundations. — Jean-Pierre Raffarin 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
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
There is nothing I dread so much as the division of the republic into two great parties, each arranged under its leader,… — John Adams Copy Share Image
The U.S. has taken an active role in wars from Libya to the Central African Republic, sent special ops forces into countries… — Nick Turse Copy Share Image
I'd always admired the intellectuals who had made the transition into politics - Mario Vargas Llosa in Peru, Vaclav Havel in the… — Michael Ignatieff Copy Share Image
The appeal of reading, she thought, lay in its indifference: there was something undeferring about literature. Books did not care who was… — Alan Bennett Copy Share Image
“Moreover, a Republic trusting to her own forces, is with greater difficulty than one which relies on foreign arms brought to yield… — Niccolò Machiavelli 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
When a republic's most venerable institutions no longer operate as they were intended, it becomes possible for small cabals to usurp power,… — T. D. Allman Copy Share Image
The Council on Foreign Relations is "the establishment." Not only does it have influence and power in key decision-making positions at the… — John Rarick Copy Share Image
We inherited these principles and these freedoms and we here highly resolve that we shall pass them on, as we will pass… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
The history of ancient and modern republics had taught them that many of the evils which those republics suffered arose from the… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
In a sense we've come to our nation's capital to cash a check. When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Perhaps it will be found that to obtain a just republic (and it is to secure our just rights that we resort… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
You may ask what kind of a republic I dream of. Let me reply: I dream of a republic independent, free, and… — Vaclav Havel Copy Share Image
But definitely I was in the zone in the match today. I was still thinking it's the final and I knew the… — Petra Kvitova Copy Share Image
The typical American corporation is a shareholders' republic the same way that China is a peoples' republic. — James Surowiecki Copy Share Image
Our nation's peaceful transfer of power is at the very bedrock of our republic, but also a clear example to the rest… — Bill Hagerty Copy Share Image
We should stop going around babbling about how we're the greatest democracy on earth, when we're not even a democracy. We are… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
Public virtue cannot exist in a nation without private, and public virtue is the only foundation of republics — John Adams Copy Share Image
I will make a prophecy that may now sound peculiar. In fifty years Lincoln's name will be inscribed close to Washington's on… — Carl Schurz Copy Share Image
The Republic is open and tolerant but also knows how and when to be firm and make its values respected. — Jean-Pierre Raffarin Copy Share Image
All the States and Governments by which men are or ever have been ruled, have been and are either Republics or Princedoms. — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
I am a believer, but I affirm that in public buildings the law of the Republic overrides religious rules. — Jean-Pierre Raffarin Copy Share Image
A republic, by which I mean a government in which the scheme of representation takes place, opens a different prospect and promises… — James Madison Copy Share Image
“When a man begins to feel that he is the only one whou can lead in this republic, he is guilty of… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
I finally returned to Iran in 1979, when I got my degree in English and American literature, and stayed for 18 years… — Azar Nafisi Copy Share Image
“Sebagai republik yang merdeka, Indonesia berusia lima puluh tahun, tetapi kedengaran lebih mirip sebuah kekaisaran tak terkendali daripada sebuah negara bangsa modern.” — Richard Lloyd Parry Copy Share Image
It's important to show that, while authorizing the demonstrations and promoting diversity of opinion, the Republic can't allow itself to be undermined… — Jean-Pierre Raffarin Copy Share Image
