Abraham Lincoln Quotes, Work Quotes, Political Quotes

Wanting to work is so rare a merit, that it should be encouraged.

6 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Abraham Lincoln Quotes , Work Quotes , Political Quotes

I wish to give officials greater discretion. The State's authority will be increased thereby. I wish to transform the non-political criminal police into a political instrument of the highest State authority.

6 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Adolf Hitler Quotes , Giving Quotes , Political Quotes

By 'radical,' I understand one who goes too far; by 'conservative,' one who does not go far enough; by 'reactionary,' one who won't go at all.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Woodrow Wilson Quotes , Political Quotes , Doe Quotes

It is not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Voltaire Quotes , Political Quotes , Politics Quotes

Nothing can be more abhorrent to democracy than to imprison a person or keep him in prison because he is unpopular. This is really the test of civilization.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Winston Churchill Quotes , Civilization Quotes , Political Quotes

The man who can dominate a London dinner-table can dominate the world.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Oscar Wilde Quotes , Men Quotes , Political Quotes

How many really great writers are there who are totally non-political? You can hear the French Revolution in the poetry of [Percy Bysshe] Shelly and [John] Wordsworth; you can sense the vast inequalities of Tsarist Russia in [Anton] Chekhov and [Lev] Tolstoy.

6 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Adam Hochschild Quotes , Russia Quotes , Political Quotes

The point is, this is a way to help inoculate me about what has come and is coming.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : George W. Bush Quotes , Humor Quotes , Political Quotes

The great strength of the totalitarian state is that it forces those who fear it to imitate it.

6 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Adolf Hitler Quotes , Fear Quotes , Political Quotes

Experts are just trained dogs.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Albert Einstein Quotes , Dog Quotes , Political Quotes

People of superior refinement and of active disposition identify happiness with honour; for this is roughly speaking, the end of political life.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Aristotle Quotes , People Quotes , Political Quotes

I will have a foreign-handed foreign policy.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : George W. Bush Quotes , Humor Quotes , Political Quotes

You know, I guess I'm like any other political figure: Everybody wants to be loved.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : George W. Bush Quotes , Political Quotes , Want Quotes

I have no consistency, except in politics; and that probably arises from my indifference to the subject altogether.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Lord Byron Quotes , Political Quotes , Consistency Quotes

That which seems the height of absurdity in one generation often becomes the height of wisdom in another.

6 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Adlai E. Stevenson Quotes , Wisdom Quotes , Political Quotes

[Donald Trump] ran an extraordinarily unconventional campaign and it resulted in the biggest political upset in perhaps modern political history. American history.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Barack Obama Quotes , Political Quotes , Upset Quotes

If the East Timorians decide to revolt, Im sure Ill have a statement.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : George W. Bush Quotes , Humor Quotes , Political Quotes

Received as I am by the members of a legislature the majority of whom do not agree with me in political sentiments, I trust that I may have their assistance in piloting the ship of state through this voyage, surrounded by perils as it is; for if it should suffer wreck now, there will be no pilot ever needed for another voyage.

6 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Abraham Lincoln Quotes , Political Quotes , Suffering Quotes

I do remain confident in Linda. She'll make a fine labor secretary. From what I've read in the press accounts, she's perfectly qualified.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : George W. Bush Quotes , Humor Quotes , Political Quotes

If a person doesn't have the capacity that we all want that person to have, I suspect hope is in the far distant future, if at all.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : George W. Bush Quotes , Humor Quotes , Political Quotes