Republic Quotes
606 Republic quotes by 397 unique authors
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The Senate was an odd compromise between the founders and the early leaders of the republic who wanted a single house which was based on…
— George Packer
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Dr. Sun Yat-sen, Father of the Republic, made it his great aim in his revolutionary leadership to secure freedom and equality of status for China…
— Chiang Kai-shek
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When people in positions of trust mislead us - either recklessly, negligently or intentionally - that impacts the republic.
— Trey Gowdy
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The transformation of the United States from a traditional republic to a democratic nation run in large measure by a single executive took a couple…
— Noah Feldman
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The rise of the presidency began with the Louisiana Purchase, which in 1803 doubled the land mass of the United States. History taught the framers…
— Noah Feldman
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An empire that extends itself selectively is just being prudent about its own limitations. A republic that supports democratization selectively is another matter.
— Noah Feldman
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The British who arrived in the United States in the eighteen-thirties and forties had imagined the young republic as a wide-eyed adolescent, socially ungainly and…
— Simon Schama
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Protestantism came to America to make America Protestant. It was assumed that was to be done through faith in the reasonableness of the common man…
— Stanley Hauerwas
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I ran on the platform of moderation and won the election by a large margin. By virtue of the strong mandate that I received from…
— Hassan Rouhani
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Legislation for the Caribbean basin has led to more jobs in the Dominican Republic.
— Elliott Abrams
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I started, actually, as an analyst on African affairs, mainly on Al Jazeera. I remember the first few series were about Saudi students, and the…
— Wadah Khanfar
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The Czech Republic is a dynamic United Nations Member State, active on the Human Rights Council, contributing to the peaceful settlement of disputes, and helping…
— Ban Ki-moon
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My parents, fleeing a repressive regime in the Dominican Republic, were embraced by this country and taught us to love it in return. After my…
— Thomas Perez
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If the president is allowed to suspend constitutional rights on his own personal whims, our free republic has effectively ceased to exist.
— Steve Stockman
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Sammy Sosa grew up without a father in the back of a converted public hospital in San Pedro de Macoris, a dusty seaside town in…
— Bill Dedman
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By the late 1970s, repression and economic chaos were causing increasing unrest throughout Latin America. Army strongmen were forced to cede power in Peru, Argentina,…
— Stephen Kinzer
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Turkey is immersed in a profound social and political conflict between secularists, who have been in power since the republic was founded, and an insurgent…
— Stephen Kinzer
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When I was living in the Dominican Republic, the local kids became a part of my family.
— Maika Monroe
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I will maintain the presence of a Mexican Army, and the Navy and police in the states of the Mexican Republic, where the problem of…
— Enrique Pena Nieto
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I believe it is my responsibility to do what I can for children and people with Down syndrome as well as in my native Dominican…
— Albert Pujols
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Perhaps the great American Republic, whose interests lie in the Pacific and who has no hand in the spoliation of Africa, may someday dream of…
— Jose Rizal
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I want to see my kids grow up in a world that I grew up in, which was it had imagination and it had hope.…
— Craig T. Nelson
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Just about every Latin American country has sent players to the big leagues, from the Dominican Republic to Costa Rica.
— Cheech Marin
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The U.S. has taken an active role in wars from Libya to the Central African Republic, sent special ops forces into countries from Somalia to…
— Nick Turse
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I do not consider the Lisbon Treaty to be a good thing for Europe, for the freedom of Europe, or for the Czech Republic.
— Vaclav Klaus
Who Wrote These Republic Quotes
397 authors contributed a total of 606 Republic Quotes, led by these top contributors: