Politician Quote by John Dryden Download Open image “Resolved to ruin or to rule the state.” — John Dryden ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.8 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Politician Politics Ruins Society States
When the people rule, they must be rendered happy, or they will overturn the state. — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
History affords us many instances of the ruin of states, by the prosecution of measures ill suited to the temper and genius of their… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
“Finally, when the State close to ruin subsists only on an illusory and vain form, when the social bond is broken in all hearts,… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
Duty of a citizen to the defective state is betraying it. Because the defective state has already betrayed its citizens. — Ilkin Santak Copy Share Image
Statesmen have to bend to the collective will of their peoples or be broken — Anonymous Copy Share Image
At the state level, we must take a careful look at what went wrong and make sure it never happens again. The buck stops… — Kathleen Blanco Copy Share Image
The State is to make what is useful. The individual is to make what is beautiful. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
As soon as any man says of the affairs of the State "What does it matter to me?" the State may be given up… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
The state is out of control, the state is on a spending binge, the state has to stop putting itself in a hole thats… — Peter Ueberroth Copy Share Image
'State' can be a word that is a noun or a verb or an adverb - it's kind of why I chose that title.… — Todd Rundgren Copy Share Image
We find few historians who have been diligent enough in their search for truth; it is their common method to take on trust what… — John Dryden Copy Share Image
Trust on and think To-morrow will repay; To-morrow's falser than the former day; Lies worse; and while it says, we shall be blest With… — John Dryden Copy Share Image
To take up half on trust, and half to try, Name it not faith but bungling bigotry. — John Dryden Copy Share Image
And after hearing what our Church can say, If still our reason runs another way, That private reason 'tis more just to curb, Than… — John Dryden Copy Share Image
A coward is the kindest animal; 'Tis the most forgiving creature in a fight. — John Dryden Copy Share Image
Reason to rule, mercy to forgive: The first is law, the last prerogative. Life is an adventure in forgiveness. — John Dryden Copy Share Image
He with a graceful pride, While his rider every hand survey'd, Sprung loose, and flew into an escapade; Not moving forward, yet with every… — John Dryden Copy Share Image
Men's virtues I have commended as freely as I have taxed their crimes. — John Dryden Copy Share Image
In a world shaped and colored more and more by politicians, the nations meet politically, and hardly any other way to settle their differences. — J. B. Priestley Copy Share Image
Angela Merkel has been focused on the right things. She has focused on the interests of her citizens - and not just in a… — Justin Trudeau Copy Share Image
The politician attempts to remedy the evil by increasing the very thing that caused the evil in the first place: legal plunder. — Frederic Bastiat Copy Share Image
Adam Clayton Powell's entire political career has to be looked at in the entire context of the American history and the history of, and… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
I don't know a politician who enjoys fundraising. The system is such that the American people have lost faith. — John McCain Copy Share Image
I can get along great with the Hispanics. In fact, I sure would like to meet them, even the politicians, maybe in the back… — Joe Arpaio Copy Share Image
Professional politicians like to talk about the value of experience in government. Nuts! The only experience you gain in politics is how to be… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Socialism is humanity's second nature. All politicians do is turn human vice into votes. — Ilana Mercer Copy Share Image
In our system of government, the judicial and legislative branches have different roles. Judges are not politicians. Judges must decide cases, not champion causes.… — Orrin Hatch Copy Share Image
The president we have today is a typical Washington politician that's prone to hyperbole and decisiveness and false outrage. And I think it's very… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
