Read quote“The subject can only be bound to obedience on the considerations of public good.”
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Read quote“أنا أحب سليم سركيس لا جريدته — وأعاشر الرجل لا سياسته.”
Read quote“Unirea Moldovei cu Țara Românească, cheia boltei fără de care s-ar prăbuși tot edificiul național.”
Read quote“I am not a Communist now. I never have been. I never wanted to be.”
Read quote“Only a war could delay the elections.”
Read quote“They think entirely in terms of power. There's nothing else but power and control in their system.”
Read quote“Türkiye koşar adım köktenciliğe, bağnazlığa gidiyor.”
Read quote“Society in every state is a blessing, but government even in its best state is but a necessary evil.”
Read quote“My life was political from the beginning.”
Read quote“I believed that a coalition government would help Taiwan move from an authoritarian regime to a full-fledged democracy.”
Read quote“The cost of liberty is less than the price of repression.”
Read quote“Crises are important; nations are made in crises; leaders are made in crises.”
Read quote“To wish to accomplish it without conflict is to deceive oneself and others.”
Read quote“And to talk about those things in America is to be radical—just to talk about them.”
Read quote“My policy is to stand for the rights and privileges of the whole Maori race as embodied in the Treaty of Waitangi…”
Read quote“I wanted a persona to really reflect our point of view at the time that colonial policies were beginning.”
Read quote“I cannot be deaf to the clamor of the people.”
Read quote“Does she not understand that apartheid is the root of violence, that violence is being committed in the name of apartheid?”
Read quote“I will serve Batangas again with all my heart.”
Read quote“A religion, not a state; a message, not a government.”
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