Quotes by statesmen

You have not converted a man because you have silenced him. John Morley

Politics You Man Silenced Him Because Converted

I'm called 'the poorest president', but I don't feel poor. Jose Mujica

President Feel Poor Poorest

The exuberance of democracy leads to undisciplined and disorderly conditions which are inimical to development. Lee Kuan Yew

Democracy Exuberance Development Leads Undisciplined Conditions Which Disorderly

Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Mind Difficulties Does Labor Body Strengthen

You learn to know a pilot in a storm. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

You Pilot Know Learn Storm

Not how long, but how well you have lived is the main thing. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

You Long Main Main Thing Well How Lived Thing

The things hardest to bear are sweetest to remember. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Remember Bear Sweetest Hardest Things

What nobler employment, or more valuable to the state, than that of the man who instructs the rising generation? Marcus Tullius Cicero

Man Generation Valuable State Rising More Employment Than Who

Cultivation to the mind is as necessary as food to the body. Marcus Tullius Cicero

Education Food Mind Cultivation Body Necessary

Peace is liberty in tranquillity. Marcus Tullius Cicero

Peace Liberty Tranquillity

We have our own script. We have our own calendar. We represent the greatness of Africa's past. We also represent the worst of Africa's present, in terms of poverty. It is the best and the worst of African reality. Meles Zenawi

Best Reality Poverty Past Own Our Worst Calendar Terms Also Greatness Represent Africa African Script Present

I belong to everybody, and I belong to nobody. Muhammadu Buhari

Everybody Nobody Belong

Unlike some politicians, I can admit to a mistake. Nelson Mandela

Mistake Politicians Unlike Some Admit

Luck, that's when preparation and opportunity meet. Pierre Trudeau

Opportunity Luck Preparation Meet Chance

I've just concluded - since President Obama endorses the same-sex marriage, advocates homosexual people, and enjoys an attractive countenance - thus if it becomes necessary, I shall travel to Washington, D.C., get down on my knee, and ask his hand. Robert Mugabe

Travel Marriage People Down President President Obama Obama Shall Countenance Knee Thus Since Attractive Advocate Becomes Concluded His Hand Get Just Same-Sex Same-Sex Marriage Ask Washington Necessary Homosexual

I was very sorry when I found out that your intentions were good and not what I supposed they were. Sitting Bull

Good Sorry Out Supposed Were Very Intentions Your Found

Each man is good in the sight of the Great Spirit. Sitting Bull

Good Great Man Sight Spirit Great Spirit Each Each Man

It is the duty of a good shepherd to shear his sheep, not to skin them. Tiberius

Good Sheep Duty Skin Shepherd His Them