Top 1200 Quotes & Sayings by Famous Statesmen

If you're going through hell, keep going.

To live is to think.

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

It always seems impossible until it's done.

Tell a lie loud enough and long enough and people will believe it.

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.

Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family.

The essence of America - that which really unites us - is not ethnicity, or nationality or religion - it is an idea - and what an idea it is: That you can come from humble circumstances and do great things.

Sometimes it is better to lose and do the right thing than to win and do the wrong thing.

Worry does not mean fear, but readiness for the confrontation.

You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.

When it comes to human dignity, we cannot make compromises.

It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent.

A revolution is a struggle to the death between the future and the past.

One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood.

South Africa belongs to all who live in it, black and white.

We have chased away the clouds, the sky is all 'rose.'

The world will not accept dictatorship or domination.

In Israel, a land lacking in natural resources, we learned to appreciate our greatest national advantage: our minds. Through creativity and innovation, we transformed barren deserts into flourishing fields and pioneered new frontiers in science and technology.

The government of the United States doesn't want peace. It wants to exploit its system of exploitation, of pillage, of hegemony through war. It wants peace, but what's happening in Iraq? What happened in Lebanon? Palestine? What's happening? What's happened over the last hundred years in Latin America and in the world?

The problem is to keep the monkey mind from running off into all kinds of thoughts.

There is always room at the top.

Judiciary must be encouraged to find ways and means to regulate its own affairs - consistent with the spirit of the Constitution.

One can not impede scientific progress.

Living next to you is in some ways like sleeping with an elephant. No matter how friendly and even-tempered is the beast, if I can call it that, one is affected by every twitch and grunt.

If you want to shine like a sun, first burn like a sun.

In looking back, I see nothing to regret and little to correct.

Mexico is a mosaic of different realities and beauties.

I think most Americans understand that we went through a period in which American leadership was judged quite critically internationally.

Negotiation is not a policy. It's a technique. It's something you use when it's to your advantage, and something that you don't use when it's not to your advantage.

Sooner or later, we will have to recognise that the Earth has rights, too, to live without pollution. What mankind must know is that human beings cannot live without Mother Earth, but the planet can live without humans.

They say in the Middle East a pessimist is simply an optimist with experience.

You can change friends but not neighbours.

It is not all right for Russia to decide Ukraine's future.

You don't make peace with friends. You make it with very unsavory enemies.

The power of one, if fearless and focused, is formidable, but the power of many working together is better.

Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted; the indifference of those who should have known better; the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most; that has made it possible for evil to triumph.

Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build bridges even when there are no rivers.

The things which are most important don't always scream the loudest.

Old friends are best.

There cannot be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full.

I ask, sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people except for a few public officials.

Anyone who doesn't believe in miracles is not a realist.

Sunsets are so beautiful that they almost seem as if we were looking through the gates of Heaven.

The worst cruelty that can be inflicted on a human being is isolation.

As a country with experience of coping with earthquakes, tsunamis and other natural disasters, Japan believes in emphasizing the mainstreaming of disaster risk reduction. We therefore prioritize investment in disaster prevention and post-disaster improvements under a policy of Build Back Better (BBB).

We of Africa protest that, in this day and age, we should continue to be treated as lesser human beings than other races.

Through hard work and education, we can deliver a strong economy and opportunity for all.

Unfortunately, corruption is widespread in government agencies and public enterprises. Our political system promotes nepotism and wasting money. This has undermined our legal system and confidence in the functioning of the state. One of the consequences is that many citizens don't pay their taxes.

Poor people are those who only work to try to keep an expensive lifestyle and always want more and more.

Once a champion, always a champion.

Let us put our minds together and see what life we can make for our children.

I fear no motion of no confidence or impeachment, for they are the lawful mechanisms for the people of this beautiful country to remove their president.

Monuments and archaeological pieces serve as testimonies of man's greatness and establish a dialogue between civilizations showing the extent to which human beings are linked.

I grow old learning something new every day.

Destiny is not designed by mere mortals like us. It is crafted by God.

Any serious shift towards more sustainable societies has to include gender equality.

You can't fatten the pig on market day.

Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you.