Arena Quote by Theodore Roosevelt

In the relations of a weak Government and a rebellious people there comes a time when every act of the authorities exasperates the masses,…

— John Reed

Brave people add up to an aristocracy. The democracy of thou-shalt-not is bound to be a collection of weak men.

— D. H. Lawrence

“There are only four ways in which a ruling group can fall from power. Either it is conquered from without, or it governs so…

— George Orwell

When cowardice is made respectable, its followers are without number both from among the weak and the strong; it easily becomes a fashion.

— Eric Hoffer

A government resting on the minority is an aristocracy, not a Republic, and could not be safe with a numerical and physical force against…

— James Madison

You can have a strong government and a weak people, or strong people and weak government, but you cannot have both.

— Robert Ringer

“Every form of government tends to perish by excess of its basic principle. Aristocracy ruins itself by limiting too narrowly the circle withing which…

— Will Durant

A weak people and its equally debilitated leaders are bludgeoned by history. It maims them into the cripples that they are meant to be.

— F. Sionil Jose

If you have small-government, traditional values, you may be considered by your own leadership to be an enemy of the state.

— Monica Crowley

In many countries, the authority of the state is weak and openly defied by militias and terrorist groups. In others, state forces themselves act…

— David Lidington

A strong nation, like a strong person, can afford to be gentle, firm, thoughtful, and restrained. It can afford to extend a helping hand…

— Jimmy Carter

If you want a definition of what a coward is, it’s needing to push a whole class of people down so that you can…

— Andrea Dworkin