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Quote 2945
The end of law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge freedom. For in all the states of created beings capable of law, where there is no law, there is no freedomby: John LockeShowing Quotes on Politics and Government
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Quote 2802
The people only understand what they can feel; the only orators that can affect them are those who move themShowing Quotes on Politics and Government
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Quote 2788
Democracy divides people into workers and loafers. It makes no provision for those who have no time to workby: Karl KrausShowing Quotes on Politics and Government
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Quote 2787
How is the world ruled and how do wars start? Diplomats tell lies to journalists and then believe what they readby: Karl KrausShowing Quotes on Politics and Government
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Quote 2767
Corruption is worse than prostitution. The latter might endanger the morals of an individual, the former invariably endangers the morals of the entire countryby: Karl KrausShowing Quotes on Politics and Government
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Quote 2765
Democracy means the opportunity to be everyone's slaveby: Karl KrausShowing Quotes on Politics and Government
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Quote 2750
It is much safer to obey, than to governby: Thomas a KempisShowing Quotes on Politics and Government
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Quote 2571
Half a truth is better than no politicsShowing Quotes on Politics and Government
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Quote 2566
Compromise used to mean that half a loaf was better than no bread. Among modern statesmen it really seems to mean that half a loaf is better than a whole loafShowing Quotes on Politics and Government
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Quote 2481
The world is governed by opinionShowing Quotes on Politics and Government
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Quote 2479
One of the tremendous evils of the world, is the monstrous accumulation of power in a few handsShowing Quotes on Politics and Government
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Quote 2473
The less of government the better, if society were kept in peace and prosperity.Showing Quotes on Politics and Government
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Quote 2470
No calculations of interest, no schemes of policy can do the work of love, of the spirit of human brotherhood. There can be no peace without but through peace within.Showing Quotes on Politics and Government
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Quote 2450
The office of government is not to confer happiness, but to give men the opportunity to work out happiness for themselvesShowing Quotes on Politics and Government
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Quote 2404
Those who would administer wisely must, indeed, be wise, for one of the serious obstacles to the improvement of our race is indiscriminate charityby: Andrew CarnegieShowing Quotes on Politics and Government
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Quote 2349
The court is like a palace of marble; it's composed of people very hard and very polishedShowing Quotes on Politics and Government
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Quote 2312
The reality is, all over the country the number of people in the homeless condition continues to grow. It will grow significantly as far as the eye can see. It's near crisis right now. It will certainly get thereby: Robert BrowningShowing Quotes on Politics and Government
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Quote 2161
The world presents enough problems if you believe it to be a world of law and order; do not add to them by believing it to be a world of miracles.Showing Quotes on Politics and Government
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Quote 2159
Experience teaches us to be most on our guard to protect liberty when the government's purposes are beneficentShowing Quotes on Politics and Government
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Quote 2158
If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectableShowing Quotes on Politics and Government
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Quote 2157
To declare that in the administration of criminal law the end justifies the means to declare that the Government may commit crimes in order to secure conviction of a private criminal would bring terrible retributionShowing Quotes on Politics and Government
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Quote 2156
The logic of words should yield to the logic of realitiesShowing Quotes on Politics and Government
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Quote 2153
The most important political office is that of the private citizenShowing Quotes on Politics and Government
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Quote 2152
Our government teaches the whole people by its example. If the government becomes the lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchyShowing Quotes on Politics and Government
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Quote 2148
We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have bothShowing Quotes on Politics and Government
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Quote 2146
In the frank expression of conflicting opinions lies the greatest promise of wisdom in governmental action.Showing Quotes on Politics and Government
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Quote 2145
Neutrality is at times a graver sin than belligerenceShowing Quotes on Politics and Government
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Quote 2144
Organisation can never be a substitute for initiative and for judgementShowing Quotes on Politics and Government
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Quote 2143
Those who won our independence believed liberty to be the secret of happiness and courage to be the secret of libertyShowing Quotes on Politics and Government
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Quote 1985
A government, for protecting business only, is but a carcass, and soon falls by its own corruption and decayShowing Quotes on Politics and Government
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Quote 1803
Courage that grows from constitution often forsakes a man when he has occasion for it courage which arises from a sense of duty acts in a uniform mannerby: Joseph AddisonShowing Quotes on Politics and Government
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Quote 1792
No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion and exorbitance of legal authorityby: Joseph AddisonShowing Quotes on Politics and Government
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Quote 1774
There is no greater sign of a general decay of virtue in a nation, than a want of zeal in its inhabitants for the good of their countryby: Joseph AddisonShowing Quotes on Politics and Government
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Quote 1752
The post of honour is a private stationby: Joseph AddisonShowing Quotes on Politics and Government
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Quote 1719
The effect of power and publicity on all men is the aggravation of self, a sort of tumor that ends by killing the victim's sympathiesShowing Quotes on Politics and Government
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Quote 1708
Power is poison. Its effect on Presidents had always been tragic.Showing Quotes on Politics and Government
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Quote 1706
Politics are a very unsatisfactory gameShowing Quotes on Politics and Government
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Quote 1704
Practical politics consists in ignoring factsShowing Quotes on Politics and Government
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Quote 1698
If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned womenShowing Quotes on Politics and Government
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Quote 1697
We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with themShowing Quotes on Politics and Government
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Quote 1676
Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all.Showing Quotes on Politics and Government
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Quote 1671
Honor is not the exclusive property of any political partyby: Herbert HooverShowing Quotes on Politics and Government
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Quote 1670
History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.Showing Quotes on Politics and Government
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Quote 1609
Politics has become so expensive that it takes a lot of money even to be defeatedby: Will RogersShowing Quotes on Politics and Government
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Quote 1607
Whenever a man has cast a longing eye on offices, a rottenness begins in his conduct.by: Thomas JeffersonShowing Quotes on Politics and Government
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Quote 1606
The world is governed by opinionShowing Quotes on Politics and Government
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Quote 1604
The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis.by: Dante AlighieriShowing Quotes on Politics and Government
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Quote 1603
Politics is not a game. It is an earnest businessShowing Quotes on Politics and Government
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Quote 1602
Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life itself, power and glory, or happinessby: AristotleShowing Quotes on Politics and Government
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Quote 1601
One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiorsby: PlatonShowing Quotes on Politics and Government
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