Calculations Quote by Barack Obama

It is hard to look the other way when a dictator is being so cruel and violent with his own people.

— Tammy Baldwin

No matter how powerful, countries cannot rule the whole world. The world is ruled by brains, by justice, by morals and by fairness.

— Abdullah of Saudi Arabia

Our leaders are cruel because only those willing to be inordinately cruel and remorseless can hold positions of leadership in the foreign policy establishment.…

— William Blum

It is human nature that rules the world, not governments and regimes.

— Svetlana Alliluyeva

Exaggeration of the national values is the character of dictators.

— Ilkin Santak

A weak people and its equally debilitated leaders are bludgeoned by history. It maims them into the cripples that they are meant to be.

— F. Sionil Jose

There is a totalitarian regime inside every one of us. We are ruled by a ruthless politburo which sets our norms and drives us…

— Eric Hoffer

True leadership will not be measured by the ability to muzzle dissent, or to intimidate and harass political opponents at home. The people of…

— Barack Obama

Political leaders are not and cannot reasonably be expected to be indifferent to the cruelest calumnies aimed at their character.

— John McCain

“The tyranny of a majority can be just as cruel as the tyranny of a single dictator, depending on the degree of enlightenment or…

— John Hospers

My point is that true leaders...understand the possible consequences of their decisions, and are willing to bear that weight. The question is whether that's…

— Timothy Zahn

When totalitarian regimes are established, they at least have the illusion of the single-minded purpose. But once they establish the stature that's necessary for…

— Masha Gessen