Character Quote by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

“But in republics there is more vitality, more hatred, and more desire for revenge. The memory of former freedom simply will not leave the…

— Niccolò Machiavelli

The weapon of the Republic is terror, and virtue is its strength

— Georg Buchner

“Reflecting on the recurrent civil wars of the Late Republic, Sallust said, “It is this spirit which has commonly ruined great nations, when one…

— Mike Duncan

“We establish some stability and focus in our mind and see which elements in it lead to greater peace, which to greater suffering. All…

— Joseph Goldstein

“Everything we do in life reflects through the virtues of a nation. For example if a nation is ruled through Fear, the Manifestation of…

— Nynke Visser

“The freest people, like the freest man, is always in danger of re-lapsing into servitude. Wars are almost always fatal to Republics. They create…

— Albert Pike

“Such speech aims to tranquilize and disempower the populace, to keep us isolated and at home, seduced into helplessness, just as more direct tyrannies…

— Rebecca Solnit

“The glory and grandeur of a nation lie only in the development of its humanity. Its strength and inner vitality are measured by the…

— Mikhail Bakunin

“But what more oft in Nations grown corrupt, And by thir vices brought to servitude, Than to love Bondage more than Liberty, Bondage with…

— John Milton

Peace, plenty, and contentment reign throughout our borders, and our beloved country presents a sublime moral spectacle to the world.

— James K. Polk

“Peace is rooted in our Nature.”

— Joyce Mihran Turley

“In short, we must emerge from this crisis in our republic with a new birth of freedom, rooted in the knowledge that we are…

— Heather McGhee