Republic Quotes

606 Republic quotes by 397 unique authors

In 'The Republic' he [Plato] states that the enjoyment of food is not a true pleasure because the purpose of eating is to relieve pain… — Mark Kurlansky
You're a sovereign as a citizen. If you're not involved in your government, you're not doing your job. In the long run that's very bad… — Michael Novak
Almighty God: Our sons, pride of our Nation, this day have set upon a mighty endeavor, a struggle to preserve our Republic, our religion, and… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
Czech Republics worst pick up line: What's a nice place like this doing around a women like you? — Franz Wisner
We'll eradicate Twitter. I don't care what the international community says. Everyone will witness the power of the Turkish Republic. There is now a scourge… — Recep Tayyip Erdogan
The great decisions of government cannot be dictated by the concerns of religious factions.... We have succeeded for 205 years in keeping the affairs of… — Barry Goldwater
Generally it's not a good idea to wear Banana Republic - type khaki journalist clothes in a war zone. You might look too much like… — P.J. O'Rourke
The Federated Republic of Europe-the United States of Europe-that is what must be. National autonomy no longer suffices. Economic evolution demands the abolition of national… — Leon Trotsky
My revenge is fraternity! No more frontiers! The Rhine for everyone! Let us be the same Republic, let us be the United States of Europe,… — Victor Hugo
Since taking office, I've made it clear that the United States was prepared to begin a new chapter of engagement with the Islamic Republic of… — Barack Obama
The north of the Central African Republic is now a war zone, with rival armed bands burning villages, kidnapping children, robbing travelers and killing people… — Nicholas D. Kristof
I am pleased to inform you of the decision of the Government of the Republic of Iraq to allow the return of the United Nations… — Naji Sabri
Such questions have never been discussed in scholarly publications because the Nazi laws, policies, and practices have never been adequately documented. The record establishes that… — Stephen Halbrook
[In a republic,] it is not the people themselves who make the decisions, but the people they themselves choose to stand in their places. — James Monroe
Our federal government, which was intended to operate as a very limited constitutional republic, has instead become a virtually socialist leviathan that redistributes trillions of… — Ron Paul
What kind of expression is this - "punishing Israel"? Are we a vassal state of yours? Are we a banana republic? Are we youths of… — Menachem Begin
In the end, one or the other will triumph - a funeral dirge will be sung over the Soviet republic or over world capitalism. — Vladimir Lenin
The plan shows that the twenty million people in the German democratic Republic and in the democratic sector of Berlin think only of peace, and… — Walter Ulbricht
The government of the German Democratic Republic rejects secret policies. It works for the people, and only the people, so it does not need to… — Walter Ulbricht
...why did Plato say that poets should be chased out of the republic? Precisely because every poet and every artist is an antisocial being. He's… — Pablo Picasso
I was born in Texas and I lived there 'till I was 8. Then I moved to the Dominican Republic with my mom, lived there… — Michelle Rodriguez
Those who take oaths to politically powerful secret societies cannot be depended on for loyalty to a democratic republic. — John Quincy Adams
Republics end through luxury; monarchies through poverty. — Baron de Montesquieu
[O]ur sages in the great [constitutional] convention... intended our government should be a republic which differs more widely from a democracy than a democracy from… — Fisher Ames
I remain convinced that for Stalin to have complete centralized power in his hands, he found it necessary to physically destroy the second-largest Soviet republic,… — James Mace

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