Service is the rent we pay for the life we have been given.

Finally, Christians were accused of being subversive, for they refused to worship the emperor and thus destroyed the very fiber of society. The apologists answered that it was true that they refused to worship the...

Either that information was not believed or inexplicably never passed on to the regional military command. When the attack finally came, Vienamese civilians were defenseless.

By connecting Oswald to several parts of the JFK–Almeida coup plan, those working for Marcello, Trafficante, and Rosselli could ensure that when Oswald surfaced as the main suspect, the CIA and other agencies would have...

Immer wieder behauptete Unwahrheiten werden nicht zu Wahrheiten, sondern, was schlimmer ist, zu Gewohnheiten.

By repetition, each lie becomes an irreversible fact upon which other lies are constructed.

Leave me, and go to another, but never stand alone

In light matters–matters of small consequence, like religion and politics and such things–he never acquired a conviction that could survive a disapproving remark from a cat.

I write that crime is an unlawful act of violence that can be committed by anyone, and that punishment is the consequence designed for criminals who don’t have the economic means to cover it up....

Diplomacy never works.

The conservatives could sneer about “social engineering” if they wanted, but I thought that most people believed as I did that government should embody our best hopes and lend a hand to people who were...

Wise men profit more by fools than fools by wise men.

The greatest patriotism is to tell your country when it is behaving dishonorably, foolishly, viciously.

Demokrasi hanya berjalan kalau disertai rasa tanggung jawab. Tidak ada demokrasi tanpa tanggung jawab. Dan, demokrasi yang melewati batasnya dan meluap menjadi anarki akan menemui ajalnya dan digantikan sementara waktu oleh diktator.

For I am certain, O men of Athens, that if I had engaged in politics, I should have perished long ago and done no good either to you or to myself.

We’d all like t’vote fer th’best man, but he’s never a candidate.

Politics makes strange postmasters.

Half of the people lie with their lips; the other half with their tears

Not again, Draper,” Frank sighed. “You’re not going to stop us from crossing. You and I know that the one thing the Government does even more poorly than provide healthcare is secure its borders.

There are many who think a wise prince ought, when he has the chance, to foment astutely some enmity, so that by suppressing it he will augment his greatness.

Education is political.

Deep pockets and empty hearts rule the world. We unleash them at our peril.

A patriot fights his government for his people whilst a traitor fights his people for his government

The more you read and observe about this Politics thing,you got to admit that each party is worse than the other.The one that’s out always looks the best

That effort to undermine competitive markets is no better in the market for labor than it is for goods and services.

Progressive feminists have shown nothing but the most reflexive, regressive contempt for women on the other side of the ideological aisle. It doesn’t matter if you’re a conservative stay at home mom, work at home...

I consider that the chief dangers which confront the coming century will be religion without the Holy Ghost, Christianity without Christ, forgiveness without repentance, salvation without regeneration, politics without God, and heaven without hell.

When someone gives me either a democratic or republican pamphlet, I throw it in their face. I’m a librarian, damn it! We only take book donations.

That was one of the troubles with the Istiqlal, with all politics: you talked about people as though they were not really people, as though they were only things, numbers, animals, perhaps, but not really...

Reform as such is inherently reactionary and perpetuates psychological dependence onthe enemy,while confusingthe true class contradictionsbetween ourselves and the enemy.

Lending war equipment is a good deal like lending chewing gum. You don’t want it back.

After all, Ginger Rogers did everything that Fred Astaire did. She just did it backwards and in high heels.

Governments from the top fail as often as those from the bottom; and every great failure brings a sad social reaction, thousands and millions of helpless men laying down their lives in the unhappy process....

Being President is like being the groundskeeper in a cemetery: there are a lot of people under you, but none of them are listening.

Every immigrant who comes here should be required within five years to learn English or leave the country.

If we are to put an end to division, people from all political persuasions will have to stop fighting one another and seek true unity, not just a consensus that benefits one party.

When Republicans recently charged the President with promoting ‘class warfare,’ he answered it was ‘just math.’ But it’s more than math. It’s a matter of morality.Republicans have posed the deepest moral question of any society:...

These questions are difficult. The answers are not obvious, and so there should be some pausing, some angst, some honest uncertainty as people struggle to decide the best course of action. But I see none...

The perpetrator is a person. He’s got blood flowing in his or her veins. Does it matter if he or she is Black or White? What does it count if the perpetrator is Christian, Muslim,...

Law and order are the medicine of the politic body and when the politic body gets sick, medicine must be administered.

And when there are enough outsiders together in one place, a mystic osmosis takes place and you’re inside.

Kadafi is a zombie in a pillbox hat, that’s what he is!

Police business is a hell of a problem. It’s a good deal like politics. It asks for the highest type of men, and there’s nothing in it to attract the highest type of men. So...

At some fundamental level, religion does not allow for compromise. It insists on the impossible. If God has spoken, then followers are expected to live up to God’s edicts, regardless of the consequences. To base...

If Gissing is less compassionately observant than Mrs Gaskell, less overtly polemical than Kingsley, still The Nether World and Demos would be sympathetically endorsed by either of them, or by their typical readers. Yet Gissing...

I agree to this Constitution with all its faults, if they are such: because I think a General Government necessary for us, and there is no Form of Government but what may be a Blessing...

The difference between politics and religion is that the first makes it legal to hate, and makes the love of the second illegal.

Now, as I understand it, the bards were feared. They were respected, but more than that they were feared. If you were just some magician, if you’d pissed off some witch, then what’s she gonna...

Politics determines who has the power, not who has the truth.

Seorang pemimpin terlebih dahulu mesti mengakui hak-hak sipil rakyat. Janganlah mengharap rakyat memenuhi kewajibannya terhadap negara, bila hak-hak sipilnya tidak terlindungi.