It is of great importance in a republic, not only to guard the society against the oppression of its rulers; but to… — James Madison Copy Share Image
The latest political rumor, North Korea ruler Kim Jong Il is close to naming his successor. Yeah, he said the only person… — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
You should not do this, Comrade. We are only in the introductory stage yet, here in Western Europe. And in that stage… — Herman Gorter Copy Share Image
The paranoiac is the exact image of the ruler. The only difference is their position in the world. One might even think… — Elias Canetti Copy Share Image
Imagine if the dinosaurs had tried picturing the rulers of their planet 100 million years hence. They'd undoubtedly envision these creatures as...… — Seth Shostak Copy Share Image
Stupidity can win for a moment, but it can never really succeed because the nature of humans is to seek freedom. Rulers… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
There were many Americans in the Revolutionary era who believed that they, like the children of Israel, were oppressed by their colonial… — Daniel L Dreisbach Copy Share Image
No ruler in the history of the world has ever been able to afford a war. They're not affordable things. No prince… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
Depression isn't the almighty ruler of your destiny. Even its familiar traits - grief, anger, despair - you find that you can… — Margo Jefferson Copy Share Image
The modern State exists not to protect our rights but to do us good or make us good - anyway, to do… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
We join Armenians around the world as we remember the terrible massacres suffered in 1915-1923 at the hands of the rulers of… — George H. W. Bush Copy Share Image
The experience of past ages may inform us, that when the circumstances of a people render them distressed, their rulers generally recur… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
Dictatorship nations are outlaws. Any free nation had the right to invade Nazi Germany and, today, has the right to invade Soviet… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
The apparent rulers of the English nation are like the most imposing personages of the a splendid procession; it is by them… — Walter Bagehot Copy Share Image
I am much nearer to creating one nation than Labour will ever be. Socialism is two nations. The privileged rulers, and everyone… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
He is the dark prince. The all-powerful one. The leader of the creatures of the night." Then Meena said, "I'm confused then.… — Meg Cabot Copy Share Image
Show me that age and country where the rights and liberties of the people were placed on the sole chance of their… — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
There is no "ruler" in our country. Poland is a democracy. Our Prime Minister leads the government; the President is fulfilling his… — Jaroslaw Kaczynski Copy Share Image
“The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it. Power is what all messiahs… — H.L. Mencken Copy Share Image
“It is said that if you want to change the world, take pen and write. I want to add that if you… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
Many sections are taken up with political discussions and how the way of the ruler, the merchant, the householder, and the army… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
As citizens of this democracy, you are the rulers and the ruled, the law-givers and the law-abiding, the beginning and the end. — Adlai E. Stevenson Copy Share Image
It is our grave mistake that for many years we neglected pro-Western groups in order to avoid any friction with the existing… — Jose Maria Aznar Copy Share Image
Dangerous consequences will follow when politicians and rulers forget moral principles. Whether we believe in God or karma, ethics is the foundation… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My worryingly paradoxical thought process could be summarized thus: Thank God I don't believe in the secret rulers of the world. Imagine… — Jon Ronson Copy Share Image
One possessing Vairagya does not understand by Atman the individual ego but the All-pervading Lord, residing as the Self and Internal Ruler… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
It is a law woven into the nature of man, attested by history, by science, by literature and art, and by dally… — Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II Copy Share Image
Rulers do not like to admit that their power is restricted by any laws other than those of physics and biology. They… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves are its only safe depositories. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Dominion by land or sea will appear equally destitute of attraction, when it comes to be generally understood, that all its advantages… — Jean-Baptiste Say Copy Share Image
Government being, among other purposes, instituted to protect the consciences of men from oppression, it certainly is the duty of Rulers, not… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Our relatedness with other living forms provides us something we sorely need: a reverence for the life of all creatures great and… — Larry Dossey Copy Share Image
All our rulers have said that war is unthinkable, and then we think about it almost all the time. We've got to… — Norman Thomas Copy Share Image
Jiva (individual soul) is the conscious ruler of this body, in whom the five life principles come into unity, and yet that… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
International affairs will be placed on a better footing when it is understood that there is no way of punishing a people… — Bernard Berenson Copy Share Image
If you look at history you'll find that no state has been so plagued by its rulers as when power has fallen… — Desiderius Erasmus Copy Share Image
I have to be real cool and not savage and radical, because it makes me angry when I think about it when… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
What I was utterly convinced of, and still am, is the idea that the only responsibility the free intellectual has is vis-a-vis… — Tawfiq al-Hakim Copy Share Image
When I was going into one of my first meditation retreats, I asked my father, Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, for some advice. He… — Sakyong Mipham Copy Share Image
O Winter! ruler of the inverted year, . . . I crown thee king of intimate delights, Fireside enjoyments, home-born happiness, And… — William Cowper Copy Share Image