Character Quote by Garry Kasparov

I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma: but perhaps there is…

— Anonymous

Bearing all this in mind, we see that there is no Russian national understanding which would permit the early establishment in Russia of anything…

— George F. Kennan

I think that it's a vital moment now for Russian democracy to convince people that it's only our actions, our joined actions and protests…

— Garry Kasparov

Stability in government is essential to national character and to the advantages annexed to it, as well as to that repose and confidence in…

— James Madison

Nothing short of self-respect and that justice which is essential to a national character ought to involve us in war.

— George Washington

“A good opinion of ourselves is exceedingly necessary in private life, but absolutely necessary in public life, and of the utmost importance in supporting…

— Thomas Paine

Patriotism depends as much on mutual suffering as on mutual success; and it is by that experience of all fortunes and all feelings that…

— Benjamin Disraeli

I have always believed that national character... depends more on the female part of society than is generally imagined. Precepts from the lips of…

— John Marshall

Forms of government are forged mainly in the fire of practice, not in the vacuum of theory. They respond to national character and to…

— George F. Kennan

Most importantly, nothing has happened to change my conviction that freedom and the love of liberty remain the essential defining attributes of our national…

— Ibrahim Babangida

The crime of ingratitude has not yet stained, and I trust never will stain, our national character. You are considered by them as not…

— James Monroe

“Ours is the only civilization in history which has enshrined mediocrity as its national ideal. Others have been corrupt, but leave it to us…

— Walker Percy