The president said nothing about the views of government in regard to the possibility of Carolinas seceding. This however was frequently spoken… — John Bachman Copy Share Image
“Statesmen should remember that they have been elected to persuade and to lead, and not just to accept as fixed the momentary… — Stanley Hoffmann Copy Share Image
Dozens of members of Congress will be retiring next month, and some should be missed. But there is only one Tom Coburn,… — John Fund Copy Share Image
On the Left, on the Right, in the Middle; Authors, statesmen, thieves; so-called humanists and self-declared fascists; the adventurous and the contemplative,… — Andrea Dworkin Copy Share Image
Viewing the man from the genuine abolitionist ground, Mr. Lincoln seemed cold, tardy, weak and unequal to the task. But, viewing him… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
No life, my honest scholar, no life so happyand so pleasant as the life of a well-governed angler; for when the lawyer… — William Walton Copy Share Image
All poets pretend to write for immortality, but the whole tribe have no objection to present pay, and present praise. Lord Burleigh… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
“Perhaps modern esteem for these figures serves as a reminder that, though statesmen may have to struggle mightily to advance their cause,… — Chris DeRose Copy Share Image
History shows that great economic and social forces flow like a tide over communities only half conscious of that which is befalling… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
“Politics are popularly supposed to govern the direction, and statesmen to be the guardian angels, of Civilization. It seems to me that… — John Galsworthy Copy Share Image
If you have a grateful heart (which is a miracle amongst you statesmen), show it by directing the bearer to the best… — John Wilmot Copy Share Image
Many respected economists and statesmen believe our national debt is neither unwieldy nor a dangerous burden on the country. The trouble is… — Mo Udall Copy Share Image
Nature has cast but two men in the mould of statesmen,--myself and Mirabeau. After that she broke the mould. — Georges Danton Copy Share Image
It is vain to say that enlightened statesmen will always be able to adjust their interests. Enlightened men will not always be… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Moreover, war has become a thing potentially so terrible and destructive that it should have been the common aim of statesmen to… — Arthur Henderson Copy Share Image
If slavery, limited as it yet is, now threatens to subvert the Constitution, how can we as wise and prudent statesmen, enlarge… — William H. Seward Copy Share Image
It is not the principled partisan, however obnoxious he may seem to his opponents, who degrades our public debate, but the preening,… — Tom DeLay Copy Share Image
No nation went into oblivion or was destroyed because it had bad laws, or because its statesmen were not intelligent, but because… — Melvin J. Ballard Copy Share Image
American statesmen might like some Europeans more than others and even detect quaint resemblances to their own outlook; but they no more… — A. J. P. Taylor Copy Share Image
It is certain that the greatest poets, orators, statesmen, and historians, men of the most brilliant and imposing talents, have labored as… — Orison Swett Marden Copy Share Image
Near yonder thorn, that lifts its head on high, Where once the sign-post caught the passing eye, Low lies that house where… — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
History is replete with proofs, from Cato the Elder to Kennedy the Younger, that if you scratch a statesman you find an… — James Thurber Copy Share Image
It may be interesting to note how many statesmen there are who believe that the cost of living can be reduced by… — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share Image
The man of large and conspicuous public service in civil life must be content without the Presidency. Still more, the availability of… — Rutherford B. Hayes Copy Share Image
While it is OK to give school children prizes for 'effort' -- my kids get them all the time -- I think… — Gideon Rachman Copy Share Image
Actuated by these motives, and apprehensive of disturbing the repose of an unsettled reign, Julian surprised the world by an edict which… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
We are with Europe, but not of it. We are linked, but not comprised. We are interested and associated, but not absorbed.… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
A man may be a great statesman, and yet dislike his wife, and like somebody else's. A man may be a great… — Ouida Copy Share Image
Those things which we call extraordinary, remarkable, or unusual may make history, but they do not make real life. After all, to… — Howard W. Hunter Copy Share Image
Today (1950), the hatred of the Moslem countries against the West is becoming hatred against Christianity itself. Although the statesmen have not… — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
