“Of all the things I hold in high regard, rules are not one of them.”— Beau Willimon, Frank Underwood, Kevin Spacey, imdb.com
“You know what I like about people? They stack so well.”— Beau Willimon, Frank Underwood, Kevin Spacey, imdb.com
“China is not a superpower, nor will she ever seek to be one... If one day China should change her color and turn into a superpower, if she too should play the tyrant in the world, and everywhere subject others to her bullying, aggression and exploitation, the people of the world should identify her…”— Deng Xiaoping, amazon.com
“The United States brags about its political system, but the [American] President says one thing during the election; something else when he takes office, something else at midterm and something else when he leaves.”— Deng Xiaoping, amazon.com
“If we had known we were going to win control of the Senate, we'd have run better candidates”— Bob Dole, edition.cnn.com
“I once called Carter a chicken fried McGovern and I take that back because I've come to respect McGovern.”— Bob Dole, amazon.com
“I, Robert J. Dole -- (laughter and applause) -- do solemnly swear -- sorry, wrong speech”— Bob Dole, clintonwhitehouse6.archives.gov
“I mean, there's always somebody in somebody's administration who jumps out early, sells a book, and goes after the guy who hired him. I don't know if that's good. It may be good business; it's not good politics.”— Bob Dole, edition.cnn.com
“Stating scientific facts about the atmosphere of our planet is not and must not be 'politics.' Reality should not be a political stance. If someone's political stance requires preventing scientists from informing you about your own planet, that's not politics, it's oppression.”— Katie Mack, twitter.com
“Who defines terrorists? Today's terrorist is tomorrow's friend. We were the ones that worked with Saddam Hussein. The United States worked with bin Laden.”— Al Sharpton, en.wikiquote.org
“I do believe the [Democratic] party has moved far to the right. I do believe that the party has a bunch of elephants running around in donkey clothes.”— Al Sharpton, en.wikiquote.org
“It is not power that corrupts but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it and fear of the scourge of power corrupts those who are subject to it.”— Aung San Suu Kyi, amazon.com
“The words 'law and order' have so frequently been misused as an excuse for oppression that the very phrase has become suspect in countries which have known authoritarian rule.”— Aung San Suu Kyi, amazon.com
“Hope and optimism are irrepressible but there is a deep underlying premonition that the opposition to change is likely to be vicious. Often the anxious question is asked: will such an oppressive regime really give us democracy? And the answer has to be: democracy, like liberty, justice and other soc…”— Aung San Suu Kyi, amazon.com
“It is a strong argument for democracy that governments regulated by principles of accountability, respect for public opinion and the supremacy of just laws are more likely than an all-powerful ruler or ruling class, uninhibited by the need to honour the will of the people, to observe the traditional…”— Aung San Suu Kyi, amazon.com
“People who want the world to be a better place need to accept the painful truth that ‘Truth’ can be quite irrelevant if people do not act upon it.”— Corey Anton, academia.edu
“The good ruler sublimates his needs as an individual to the service of the nation.”— Aung San Suu Kyi, amazon.com
“The root of a nation's misfortunes has to be sought in the moral failings of the government.”— Aung San Suu Kyi, amazon.com
“Global temperatures are rising, giving way to extreme weather events. The Arctic shelf is melting, and fire, floods, and famine will ensue Exacerbating poverty, political instability, terrorism. Everything we know will collapse, but those of us who ascend The Ladder will be safe.”— Jessica Goldberg, Cal Roberts, Hugh Dancy, imdb.com
“Socialists must be in favor of an aristocratic form of government. We must have the best men for the job . . . In the dictator you must have a man who has not only the power to govern but the force of character to impose himself as dictator whether you like him or not.”— George Bernard Shaw, en.wikiquote.org