Top 1200 Quotes & Sayings by Famous Statesmen - Page 18

Human passions, like the forces of nature, are eternal; it is not a matter of denying their existence, but of assessing them and understanding them. Like the forces of nature, they can be subjected to man's deliberate act of will and be made to work in harmony with reason.

I had great admiration for the election of President Obama. I believe that the U.S. at that moment showed tremendous capacity to show that it is a great nation, and it surprised the world. It may be very difficult to be able to elect a black president in the U.S. - as it was very difficult to elect a woman president in Brazil.

I have died many times. I have actually beaten Jesus Christ because he only died once.

We have this American president, Obama, born of an African father, who is saying we will not give you aid if you don't embrace homosexuality. We ask, was he born out of homosexuality? We need continuity in our race, and that comes from the woman, and no to homosexuality.

These are facts, these are not imaginary things.

If we must die, we die defending our rights.

All my life I've been rowing against the tide. What can I do? It seems I was born that way.

Before the war there were many who were more or less ignorant of the international labor movement but who nevertheless turned to it for salvation when the threat of war arose. They hoped that the workers would never permit a war.

We are all equal children before our mother; and India asks each one of us, in whatsoever role we play in the complex drama of nation-building, to do our duty with integrity, commitment and unflinching loyalty to the values enshrined in our Constitution.

Education for all seems to be the product of a type of distributive justice that is in no way related to the individual.

Without the United States, there simply would not have been an armed uprising in our country.

My biggest fear in life is to be forgotten.

Those who gave thee a body, furnished it with weakness; but He who gave thee Soul, armed thee with resolution. Employ it, and thou art wise; be wise and thou art happy.

We, in Syria, our point of view stems from our experience.

On economic policy, my support of smaller government, lower taxes and economic reform is consistent with the mainstream of the Republican Party in the United States and with many Democrats as well.

After Galileo was convicted (for heresy by the Spanish Inquisition) for his theory that the Earth revolved around the sun, ... he replied, `Still, the Earth is moving.'

The world will not Change and find peace if there is not a new education.

Statistics are no substitute for judgment.

Prior to my election, young Cherokee girls would never have thought that they might grow up and become chief.

I'm the only P.M. of which that can be said - 'His legislation was never declared invalid in the High Court.'

I believe that first impressions are very important.

If slavery, limited as it yet is, now threatens to subvert the Constitution, how can we as wise and prudent statesmen, enlarge its boundaries and increase its influence, and thus increase already impending dangers?

Let us not forget that the cultivation of the earth is the most important labor of man. When tillage begins, other arts will follow. The farmers, therefore, are the founders of civilization.

I just do whatever it is that I believe I should do, regardless of the risks to my life.

A defeat in war is not the greatest of all evils; but when the defeat has been inflicted by enemies who are not worthy of you, then the calamity is doubled.

Poverty is the root of all evil.

I don't see why we need to stand by and watch a country go communist due to the irresponsibility of its people. The issues are much too important for the Chilean voters to be left to decide for themselves.

Long live the Republic, and long live France.

To see for themselves what the United States has been willing to undertake in the name of freedom. We should all visit Normandy. We should pay homage to those brave Americans who stormed ashore at Omaha Beach and gave their lives for the freedom of others.

It is admitted by everybody that rights and privileges enjoyed by the Roman Catholic minority in Manitoba down to 1890, were taken away by legislation of 1890.

The greatest problem in Japanese politics over the last two decades is that we put off what needed to be done. We have to overcome that.

All political parties, organizations, and all people should abide by the constitution and laws without any exception. They must all act in accordance with the constitution and laws. I see that as a defining feature of modern political system development.

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.

My countrymen: we have reached a turning point in our history. The choice is yours. Shall we venture into this brave new world, bright with possibilities, or retreat to the safety of our familiar but sterile past? I am for crossing the frontier.

I am not always happy with the compliments Estonia has received.

All girls know that they can be anything now. That transformation is to me one of the most satisfying things.

Where do you find the strength to brave a barrage of enemy fire and to bring your wounded friends to safety at great risk to your own life? Conviction.

In Iran, people are free to express their views. Every day, some people criticize the policies of the government.

People with disabilities have abilities too and that is what this course is all about - making sure those abilities blossom and shine so that all the dreams you have can come true.

Obama is thoroughly mixed up with all these things he's got. He's got to solve Libya. He's got to solve Afghanistan. He's everywhere. And this nation, I don't know why it's not showing the leadership and capacity to attend different issues at the same time.

In the lead-up to the Iraq war and its later conduct, I saw, at a minimum, true dereliction, negligence, and irresponsibility; at worst, lying, incompetence, and corruption.

He didn't riot. He got on his bike and looked for work.

I can't let important policy decisions hinge on the fact that an election is coming up every 90 days.

Germany is very free-trade oriented.

The most dangerous thing about student riots is that adults take them seriously.

The fight against the drug smuggling is lost worldwide.

The proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and their means of delivery is a threat to both the Nato allies and Russia.

We must fight terrorism as if there's no peace process and work to achieve peace as if there's no terror.

Let me control the textbooks, and I will control the state.

You know, it's been President Clinton's dream that we'll have finally a fully integrated Europe; and the steps that NATO will take to expand to the East, that's a commitment.

If we have to use force, it is because we are America. We are the indispensable nation. We stand tall. We see further into the future.

The quest for peace begins in the home, in the school and in the workplace.

I never thought that I could reach such a high political position. But I have always been ready to serve my country.

The acid test of any legal system is not the greatness or the grandeur of its ideal concepts, but whether, in fact, it is able to produce order and justice.

Without moral and intellectual independence, there is no anchor for national independence.

A man loses contact with reality if he is not surrounded by his books.

A lawyer is a gentleman that rescues your estate from your enemies and then keeps it for himself.

I think it is just stupid economics for a government to approach economic management from a strand of thinking regarding unions as enemies.

What Mexico City cannot do and my country cannot do is to allow us to be intimidated, the authorities to be intimidated, by organized crime.

War is no picnic. Wars should be prevented, and if you can't prevent them, you have to put them off.