politics

"A lady asked Franklin: "Well, Doctor, what have we got—a Republic or a Monarchy?". Franklin replied: "A Republic, if you can keep it."

"Benjamin Franklin – Select Quotes"

"It is the end of the British Empire."

"I forgot to ask the favor of you to speak to Lilly as to the treatment of the nailers. it would destroy their value in my estimation to degrade them in their own eyes by the whip. this therefore must …"

"John F. Kennedy Birthplace National Historic Site"

"On the other hand, to anyone paying the slightest bit of attention to facts, Ryan's speech was an apparent attempt to set the world record for the greatest number of blatant lies and misrepresentation…"

"South Korean nationalism is something quite different from the patriotism toward the state that Americans feel. Identification with the Korean race is strong, while that with the Republic of Korea is …"

"The veil is nothing but a sign of political Islam, as the armbands were for the Nazis!"

"Five, the government needs to recognise that in a crisis of this magnitude it needs the best expertise and competence, whether bureaucrats , or personnel from the private sector and civil society. Loy…"

"More government isn't going to help you get ahead. It's going to hold you back. More government isn't going to create more opportunities. It's going to limit them. And more government isn't going to i…"

"There is no hypnotic phenomenon, no matter how remarkable it may appear, which cannot be re-created outside of a hypnotic state through such ordinary devices such as suggestion, hype and the exercise …"

"There, Master Niketas," Baudolino said, "when I was not prey to the temptations of this world, I devoted my nights to imagining other worlds. ... There is nothing better than imagining other worlds," …"

"I have in general no very exalted opinion of the virtue of paper government."

"Cannon, n. An instrument employed in the rectification of national boundaries."

"Democracy and slavery are inseparable. Why. Democracy as it existed among the ancients was no more than government by a number of men large enough to be called the people. But this designation is fals…"

"Our greatest polluter is the government , not corporate America. Putting government in charge of protecting the environment is like asking the fox to guard the hen house."

"I would always approach a show from the perspective of what I wanted to say historically, politically and socially. I examine the Asian American experience through my eyes and my perceptions. One thin…"

"The Political Graveyard"

"Although Russia was the first victim of the global Americanisation, one should realise, that the whole Western Europe is affected. The liberal democracy belongs to the past. So does classical Capitali…"

"So China's president meets, uh— meets America's president. It's like President "Who?" meeting President "Huh?."