Quotes about "Politics & Government"

We've got to understand that the whole nature of the way American democracy guards its freedom has been changed. ”

All political parties die at last of swallowing their own lies. ”

That is why I come forward tonight without any political label, without any bias, but just simply as an Englishman to say to you: a crime is being committed against civilization. ”

All men will commence in their present rank and promotion will be open to all men alike, without any distinctions or qualifications, political or otherwise. ”

Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide. ”

Power always thinks... that it is doing God's service when it is violating all his laws. ”

Democracy... while it lasts is more bloody than either aristocracy or monarchy. Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There is never a democracy that did not commit suicide. ”

I think what actually works best is local-level individual targeting of key leadership nodes. ”

Every American soldier wants as much public support as he can possibly have. That's the soldiers on duty in Iraq, and that's me, as well. We fight better knowing that our people back home support us, back us, and understand what we're doing. It's hugely important. ”

So, these political activities will create friction in and of themselves, and in this environment of friction there'll be additional violence. ”