Egotism erects its center in itself; love places it out of itself in the axis of the universal whole. Love aims at… — August Wilhelm von Schlegel Copy Share Image
Rulers who destroy men's freedom commonly begin by trying to retain its forms. ... They cherish the illusion that they can combine… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
Every ruler must remember three things. Firstly, that he rules man; secondly, that he rules according to law, and thirdly, that he… — Agathon Copy Share Image
In the old systems, hierarchies emanate power from above to below through forms of line management and are ideologically supported by cosmologies… — Catherine Wilson Copy Share Image
When you were little, what did you want to be when you grew up?” (…) A sigh of longing. “To be honest,… — Gena Showalter Copy Share Image
Freedom under law is hard work. If rulers cannot be trusted with arbitrary power, it is up to citizens to raise their… — Anthony Lewis Copy Share Image
“In proportion as the mass of citizens who possess political rights increases, and the number of elected ruler’s increases, the actual power… — Paul Lafargue Copy Share Image
In former times the chief method of justifying the use of violence and thereby infringing the law of love was by claiming… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
If during the Reformation you were a Catholic who lived in a part of Germany in which Lutheranism was the ascendant religion… — Susan Jacoby Copy Share Image
Illiteracy does not impede the practice of democracy, as witnessed by the success of democracy in India despite the high illiteracy rate.… — Alaa Al Aswany Copy Share Image
[Shahrazad] had perused the books, annals and legends of preceding Kings, and the stories, examples and instances of by gone men and… — Richard Francis Burton Copy Share Image
Lebanon is restless, Syria got its walking papers, Egypt is scheduling elections with more than one candidate, and even Saudi Arabia, whose… — Suzanne Fields Copy Share Image
He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by him all things were created: things in… — Paul the Apostle Copy Share Image
Let brothers and sisters from one end of the world, speak in all brotherly love, all affection, and one sweetness, to their… — Keshub Chandra Sen Copy Share Image
I'd had a cold that day and wasn't as powerful as usual, otherwise Alyss would never have done so well," Redd said… — Frank Beddor Copy Share Image
There’s one thing that’s been 'learned' maybe from Tunisia and Egypt that I think is a mistake. And that is that the… — Gene Sharp Copy Share Image
Some, it seems to me, elect their rulers for their crookedness. But I think that a straight stick makes the best cane,… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Why do the people think so little of death? Because the rulers demand too much of life. Therefore the people take death… — Laozi Copy Share Image
The requisites of government are that there be sufficiency of food, sufficiency of military equipment, and the confidence of the people in… — Confucius Copy Share Image
The absolute ruler may be a Nero, but he is sometimes a Titus or Marc Aurelius; the people is often Nero, but… — Antoine Rivarol Copy Share Image
A ruler wishing to win shold not trust a cpterued enemy even if he may be extending had to be friend. Because… — Chanakya Copy Share Image
Wherever it has been established that it is shameful to be involved with sexual relationships with men, that is due to evil… — Plato Copy Share Image
The mere holding of slaves, therefore, is a condition having per se nothing of moral character in it, any more than the… — Samuel Morse Copy Share Image
I didn't really understand the importance of little things. I didn't really understand that it was the little foxes that spoil the… — Joyce Meyer Copy Share Image
“Once a ruler becomes religious, it becomes impossible for you to debate with him. Once someone rules in the name of religion,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I am of the African race, and in the colour which is natural to them of the deepest dye; and it is… — Benjamin Banneker Copy Share Image
We must win rulers; political, economic, scientific, artistic personalities. They are the engineers of souls. They mold the souls of men. Winning… — Richard Wurmbrand Copy Share Image
Atomism had no absolute 'above' and 'below' and no such rulers, so favoured the undersranding of justice as an agreement amongst equals. — Catherine Wilson Copy Share Image
“A country is judged by the actions at the top. Such is the way across the world. Nations are judged by their… — Cheryl Matthynssens Copy Share Image
Modern historians have suggested that in his last years he (Richard II) was overtaken by mental disease, but that is only a… — Barbara Tuchman Copy Share Image
“Alexander's mere name and the fame of his feats raised rulers and realms across virtually the whole world. And those who kept… — Andrew Chugg Copy Share Image
“The rulers were using ancient knowledge to manipulate the amygdaloidal primal fear. They ruled through fear, preternatural fear created through soft, invisible… — Amira Aly Copy Share Image
Before God, I'm an intimate. Before people, I'm a servant. Before the powers of hell, I'm a ruler, with no tolerance for… — Bill Johnson Copy Share Image
In the Golden Age, Rulers were unknown. In the following age Rulers were loved and praised. Next came the age When rulers… — Laozi Copy Share Image
All civil rulers, as such, are the ordinance and ministers of God; and they are all, by the nature of their office,… — Jonathan Mayhew Copy Share Image
Our rulers for more than half a century have made sure that we are never to be told the truth about anything… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
We have a lot of friends, but not among the governments - the friends are in the peoples. And in the last… — Che Guevara Copy Share Image
A private central bank issuing the public currency is a greater menace to the liberties of the people than a standing army.… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
No matter what one says, you can recognize only those matters that are equal to you. Only rulers who possess extraordinary abilities… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
In truth, every American administration since that of Franklin D. Roosevelt has maintained close ties with the Saudi rulers, and for a… — Michael Mandelbaum Copy Share Image
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