politics

"John Summerfield Staples, President Lincoln's "Substitute"

": "Ask not what your country can do for you --ask what you can do for your country."

"This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing Government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it or the…"

"America is a mistake, admittedly a gigantic mistake, but a mistake nevertheless."

"If the United States was mad enough to attack Iran or aggress Venezuela again the price of a barrel of oil could reach $150 or even $200."

"As an initial matter, there is no doubt that WikiLeaks is in an unpopular position right now. Many feel their publication was offensive. But unpopularity is not a crime, and publishing offensive infor…"

"I think political systems will use it to terrorize people."

"Unless the power of the corporation can be organized on an accepted principle of legitimacy, it will... be taken over by a Central government..."

"Protection and patriotism are reciprocal."

"In fact, Mr Chairman, what is clear is that the Spanish Government are behaving like the last colonists in Europe! And as a Committee charged with the eradication of colonialism, what you and the C24 …"

"The government of the Republic of Kiribati officially notified our government on 20 September that it is terminating diplomatic relations with Taiwan."

"The American model – democracy – must be regarded as a historical error, economically as well as morally. Democracy promotes shortsightedness, capital waste, irresponsibility, and moral relativism. It…"

"In my opinion it is harmful to place important things in the hands of philanthropy, which in Russia is marked by a chance character. Nor should important matters depend on leftovers, which are never t…"

"So long as we have government by party, the very notion of repose must be foreign to English politics. Agitation is, so to speak, endowed in this country. There is a standing machinery for producing i…"

"The famous dictum which states that all men are equal will find its illustration in the colonies only when the colonized subject states he is equal to the colonist."

"Well, it's very successful politics, isn't it? You know, we are the turkeys that have voted for Christmas."

"Democracy requires work. ...The more they feel they've got the members Congress on the run, the more energized they become."

"Lee Teng-hui -- Former President", taiwan.com"

"At the time of its initial publication, Public Administration helped to define this field of study and practice by introducing two major new emphases: an orientation toward human behavior and human re…"

"America's Emperor by Tony Leather at Kudzu monthly"