Quote by Louise Levathes

“If your politics puts you at the unorthodox end of the spectrum, you can remind the Party that Confucius also talked about the Mandate…

— Gordon G. Chang

“The implications for politics were immense. If instead of ruthlessly pursuing his own self-interest to the detriment of others, a ruler would "curb his…

— Karen Armstrong

“Among his own country folk Confucius wore a homely look, like one that has no word to say.”

— Confucius

“Confucius said, “People may have the finest talents, but if they are arrogant and stingy, their other qualities are not worthy of consideration.”

— Sun Tzu

“If language is not correct, then what is said is not what is meant; if what is said is not what is meant, then…

— Theodore Dalrymple

“The commander of a mighty army can be captured, but the aspiration of an ordinary man can never be seized. —Confucius”

— Evan Osnos

“Those people who say that words have no power know nothing of the nature of words. Words, well placed, can end a regime; can…

— Joanne Harris

“The advantage of possessing a great empire is not to be able to do the evil that one desires, but to do all the…

— Andrew Lang

“It is the responsibility of good people to rise against bad rulers.”

— Abram Gitspof

“It makes perfect political sense. We have reached the point where ignorance and neglect are the best we can hope for in a ruler.”

— Lev Grossman

“A general rule is drawn which never or rarely fails: that he who is the cause of another becoming powerful is ruined; because that…

— W.K. Marriott