And for well over a hundred years our politicians, statesmen, and people remembered that this was a republic, not a democracy, and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The three great ends which a statesman ought to propose to himself in the government of a nation, are 1. Security to… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
Richelieu was a great statesman, and like all great statesman, he was a very ruthless man. He's not cruel. He just does… — Adrian Hodges Copy Share Image
The calculus of probabilities, when confined within just limits, ought to interest, in an equal degree, the mathematician, the experimentalist, and the… — Francois Arago Copy Share Image
It's possible, without taking sides or playing the statesman game, to reduce destruction simply by reducing the development of technology of destruction. — Jaron Lanier Copy Share Image
I wasn't part of the Taboo crowd the same way I was part of the New Romantics. I suppose I was seen… — Boy George Copy Share Image
Government prohibitions do always more mischief than had been calculated; and it is not without much hesitation that a statesman should hazard… — Albert Gallatin Copy Share Image
In Syria, if [Bashar al-] Assad had just been a statesman and handed over the reigns in time, Syria would not be… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
“People are weary of politicians who make promises they are either unwilling or unable to keep. Society longs for statesmen but it… — Henry T. Blackaby 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
[T]he great American statesman devotes his energy, ability, and wisdom to conforming himself and this people to the moral principles that gave… — Alan Keyes Copy Share Image
Statesmen and legislators, standing so completely within the institution, never distinctly and nakedly behold it. They speak of moving society, but they… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
It has been a fortunate fact in the modern history of physical science that the scientist constructing a new theoretical system has… — R. B. Braithwaite Copy Share Image
It is commonly supposed that the uniformity of a studious life affords no matter for narration: but the truth is, that of… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
The blurring of the line between policy and strategy] encouraged soldiers to make the preposterous claim that policy should be subservient to… — B. H. Liddell Hart Copy Share Image
You may cut off the heads of every rich man now living--of every statesman--every literary, and every scientific authority, without in the… — Henry Adams Copy Share Image
“The first, the supreme, the most far-reaching act of judgment that the statesman and commander have to make is to establish by… — Carl von Clausewitz Copy Share Image
Art is always the index of social vitality, the moving finger that records the destiny of a civilization. A wise statesman should… — Herbert Read Copy Share Image
My early years abroad were spent mainly upon the European Continent, and public duties since have led me to make prolonged stays… — Andrew Dickson White Copy Share Image
It is a maxim, founded on the universal experience of mankind, that no nation is to be trusted farther than it is… — George Washington 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
Cobden was the greatest statesman and prophet of the century. His speeches are an inspiration. A man whose disciple I am willing… — Richard Cobden Copy Share Image
The statesmen still say that we should not interfere in the internal affairs of other nations and yet it is not possible… — Arthur Hays Sulzberger 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
Your real statesman is first of all, and chief of all, a great human being, with an eye for all the great… — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
Get yourself a few ‘Dime a Dozen Generals,’ bid high in the ‘former statesmen lobby auction’, and put in your pocket one… — Sibel Edmonds 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
The mountain of history books under which we all stand leans so heavily in the other direction-so tremblingly respectful of states and… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
Charlie Chaplin, too, through spectacle, contraband certain ideas, put them through, ideas that even today are not being expressed by great statesmen… — Sergio Leone Copy Share Image
Commercial concerns have expanded from family business to corporate wealth which is self-perpetuating and which enlightened statesmen and economists now dread as… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
We need to be strong in order to avoid war; and to win. A politician looks forward only to the next election.… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
Viewed from the genuine abolition ground, Mr. Lincoln seemed tardy, cold, dull, and indifferent; but measuring him by the sentiment of his… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
The statesmen of the world who boast and threaten that they have Doomsday weapons are far more dangerous, and far more estranged… — R. D. Laing Copy Share Image
The inspiration of a single book has made preachers, poets, philosophers, authors, and statesmen. On the other hand, the demoralization of a… — Orison Swett Marden Copy Share Image
The first, the supreme, the most far-reaching act of judgment that the statesman and commander have to make is to establish ...… — Carl von Clausewitz Copy Share Image
The prosperity of commerce is now perceived and acknowledged by all enlightened statesmen to be the most useful as well as the… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
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
It is not given to princes, statesmen and captains to pierce the mysteries of the future, and even the most penetrating gaze… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
Statesman create; ordinary leaders consume. The ordinary leader is satisfied with ameliorating the environment, not transforming it; a statesman must be a… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
A nation has honor precisely as it has fleas - on this or that body. The statesman who talks of honor -… — Storm Jameson Copy Share Image
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