Politics Quote by Lynne Withey

“Anyone can overthrow a government. It’s ruling that’s hard.”

— Elan Mastai

“If nothing else, all these years as a spy had taught her something important--regimes changed. Ideals changed. There was no such thing as an…

— Kate Cross

“Did she want a reluctant leader?”

— Erin Hunter

“She was in a situation that was desperate enough to allow her life to be manipulated.”

— Alessandra Torre

“What a revolution in her ideas!”

— Jane Austen

“But the idea burned into her mind as much as anything else was that she had lost because she’d hired people who put their…

— Jonathan Allen

“She blamed moral vices that weakened the whole society and worried that Americans were heading in the same direction.... Thought that so much land…

— Lynne Withey

“Any kind of organized revolt against the party, which was bound to be a failure, struck her as stupid. The clever thing to do…

— George Orwell

“I found out later than even an education and a cushioned introduction to power cannot make a great leader.”

— Fredrik Nath

“She had learned that when people were bent on doing something they believed was a good deed, it was usually impossible to dissuade them.”

— Celeste Ng

“He admired her for throwing off her aristocratic shackles -- his terms, that -- and making her own way in the world. He didn't…

— Lauren Willig

“Was there anything in her life that made her feel more in control than being wanted?”

— Josie Leigh