Quotes by statesmen

We need to keep hope alive and strive to do better. Kofi Annan

Hope Better Alive Strive Keep Need

If one is going to err, one should err on the side of liberty and freedom. Kofi Annan

Freedom Liberty Side Err Going Should

Nothing is so wretched or foolish as to anticipate misfortunes. What madness is it to be expecting evil before it comes. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Madness Evil Before Nothing Wretched Foolish Misfortunes Anticipate Expecting

It's not because things are difficult that we dare not venture. It's because we dare not venture that they are difficult. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Difficult Dare Venture Because Things

No one can be happy who has been thrust outside the pale of truth. And there are two ways that one can be removed from this realm: by lying, or by being lied to. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Truth Be Happy Happy Lying Ways Has-Been Lied Outside No-One Thrust Been Being Being Lied To Realm Who Pale Two

The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil. Marcus Tullius Cicero

Wisdom Good Good And Evil Evil Between Discriminate Function

I prefer tongue-tied knowledge to ignorant loquacity. Marcus Tullius Cicero

Knowledge Prefer Ignorant

If you pursue good with labor, the labor passes away but the good remains; if you pursue evil with pleasure, the pleasure passes away and the evil remains. Marcus Tullius Cicero

Good You Evil Pleasure Pursue Remains Passes Labor Away

I should tie myself to no particular system of society other than of socialism. Nelson Mandela

Myself Socialism Society Other System Particular Tie Than Should

Running taught me valuable lessons. In cross-country competition, training counted more than intrinsic ability, and I could compensate for a lack of natural aptitude with diligence and discipline. I applied this in everything I did. Nelson Mandela

Sure I am of this, that you have only to endure to conquer. Winston Churchill

You Only Sure Am Endure Conquer

What kind of people do they think we are? Is it possible they do not realize that we shall never cease to persevere against them until they have been taught a lesson which they and the world will never forget? Winston Churchill

It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations. Winston Churchill

Good Man Books A Good Thing Good Thing Read Uneducated Quotations Thing

Quiet diplomacy is far more effective than public posturing. Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Diplomacy More Effective Than Quiet Public Far

The governments of the present day have to deal not merely with other governments, with emperors, kings and ministers, but also with the secret societies which have everywhere their unscrupulous agents, and can at the last moment upset all the governments' plans. Benjamin Disraeli

Day Other Secret Everywhere Ministers Kings Merely Also Deal Governments Upset Which Agents Plans Moment Present Societies Last

The world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who are not behind the scenes. Benjamin Disraeli

World Imagination Those Scenes Governed Very Behind Different Who Imagined

Indeed, we're strongest when the face of America isn't only a soldier carrying a gun but also a diplomat negotiating peace, a Peace Corps volunteer bringing clean water to a village, or a relief worker stepping off a cargo plane as floodwaters rise. Colin Powell

Peace Water Gun Face Cargo Soldier Corps Indeed Negotiating Relief Carrying Diplomat Rise Strongest Only Clean Clean Water Volunteer Stepping Also Off America Plane Worker Peace Corps Village Bringing

People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors. Edmund Burke

People Will Ancestors Backward Posterity Never Look Who Forward

I am a Marxist Leninist and I will be one until the last day of my life. Fidel Castro

Life Day Will My Life Marxist Until Am Last

We want to lead a country where people will be less greedy. Where people will know that the commonwealth of Nigeria belongs to all Nigerians, where people's wealth depends on the people around you. If you become a rich person and everyone around you is poor you are very poor. Goodluck Jonathan

You People Wealth Will Country Become Greedy Rich Everyone Lead Know Around Very Person Depends Where Want Commonwealth Poor Rich Person Less Nigeria Nigerians Belongs

The Charter of the United Nations expresses the noblest aspirations of man: abjuration of force in the settlement of disputes between states; the assurance of human rights and fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to race, sex, language or religion; the safeguarding of international peace and security. Haile Selassie

Religion Man Peace Rights Language Sex Human Rights United Nations Assurance Settlement States Distinction Security Charter Noblest Between Freedoms Safeguarding Force Without Human Nations Race Aspirations International International Peace Expresses United Fundamental Disputes

I have lived too long to cherish many illusions about the essential high-mindedness of men when brought into stark confrontation with the issue of control over their security, and their property interests. Haile Selassie

Property Men Long Control Too Security Brought About Over Cherish Issue Essential Confrontation Interests Many Lived Illusions Stark

Of all the properties which belong to honorable men, not one is so highly prized as that of character. Henry Clay

Character Men Honorable Properties Highly Prized Which Belong