Quotes by statesmen

If I see something dirty or untidy, I have to clean it up. Indira Gandhi
See Something Clean Dirty Up
There exists no politician in India daring enough to attempt to explain to the masses that cows can be eaten. Indira Gandhi
Politician Enough Daring India Eaten Attempt Masses Exists Cows Explain
One must beware of ministers who can do nothing without money, and those who want to do everything with money. Indira Gandhi
Money Nothing Everything Those Must Ministers Beware Without Want Who
I've been subject to how many security clearance procedures and I must say as irritating as some people may find them I think they are absolutely essential to making sure that people who work in sensitive positions in the national security field in our government are entirely loyal to the United States. John Bolton
Work Government People Some People National Field Think Positions Our Say States Security Must Find Some Entirely Absolutely Clearance Sure How Making Been Subject National Security Essential May Procedures Irritating Sensitive Them Loyal Who Many United United States
The important thing is not so much that every child should be taught, as that every child should be given the wish to learn. John Lubbock
Wish Important Every Given Learn Important Thing Child Taught Much Should Thing
I give myself the luxury of saying what I want. Jose Mujica
Saying Myself Luxury Give Want
No addiction is good. Jose Mujica
Good Addiction
In their greatest hour of need, the world failed the people of Rwanda. Kofi Annan
People World Failed Hour Greatest Need
National markets are held together by shared values and confidence in certain minimum standards. But in the new global market, people do not yet have that confidence. Kofi Annan
Confidence Together People Values National Market Markets Minimum Shared New Global Global Market Held Certain Standards
If citizens do not believe they can change their leaders through the ballot box, they will find other ways, even at the risk of destabilizing their countries. Kofi Annan
Change Will Believe Other Ways Citizens Find Risk Through Leaders Countries Box Ballot Ballot Box Even
All parts of the human body get tired eventually - except the tongue. Konrad Adenauer
Tired Except Parts Get Human Human Body Body Eventually Tongue
Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do as well as to talk; and to make our words and actions all of a color. Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Life Wisdom Words Mind Our Color Firmness Talk Well Make Mastery Does Itself Precept Us Much Show Teaches Actions Appetite
The first step in a person's salvation is knowledge of their sin. Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Knowledge First Step Sin First Step Person Salvation
It is more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to lament over it. Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Life Man Laugh More Over Over It Fitting Than Lament
It is the sign of a great mind to dislike greatness, and to prefer things in measure to things in excess. Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Great Mind Sign Great Mind Excess Greatness Prefer Dislike Measure Things
Do not ask for what you will wish you had not got. Lucius Annaeus Seneca
You Will Wish Had Got Ask
No evil propensity of the human heart is so powerful that it may not be subdued by discipline. Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Heart Discipline Evil Human Heart Propensity Powerful Subdued May Human
I have said this many times, that there seems to be enough room in the world for mediocre men, but not for mediocre women, and we really have to work very, very hard. Madeleine Albright
Work Women World Men Enough Seems Said Very Times Room Really Hard Many Mediocre
I think women want to take care of themselves, and I think having a voice in how that is done is very important. Madeleine Albright
Women Care Important Think Having Voice Take Take Care How Very Done Want Themselves
Life is never free of contradictions. Manmohan Singh
Life Free Never Contradictions
Nature has planted in our minds an insatiable longing to see the truth. Marcus Tullius Cicero
Truth Nature Longing Our Minds Insatiable See Planted
As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him, so I am no less pleased with an old man that has something of the youth. He that follows this rule may be old in body, but can never be so in mind. Marcus Tullius Cicero
Man Age Youth Old Mind Pleased Rule Approve Follows Something Never He Him Am May Old Man Body Less
The precepts of the law are these: to live honestly, to injure no one, and to give everyone else his due. Marcus Tullius Cicero
Law Precepts Live Honestly Else Everyone Everyone Else Give No-One Due His Injure
According to the law of nature it is only fair that no one should become richer through damages and injuries suffered by another. Marcus Tullius Cicero
Nature Law Become Only Through No-One Fair Another According Richer Should Injuries Suffered Damages
Our character is not so much the product of race and heredity as of those circumstances by which nature forms our habits, by which we are nurtured and live. Marcus Tullius Cicero
Nature Character Live Our Nurtured Those Circumstances Habits Which Forms Race Much Product Heredity
It is foolish to tear one's hair in grief, as though sorrow would be made less by baldness. Marcus Tullius Cicero
Grief Made Hair Sympathy Though Would Would-Be Foolish Sorrow Baldness Less Tear
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