Quotes by statesmen

A consistent soul believes in destiny, a capricious one in chance. Benjamin Disraeli
Soul Consistent Destiny Capricious Believes Chance
You can tell the strength of a nation by the women behind its men. Benjamin Disraeli
Strength You Women Men Nation Tell Behind
Man is made to adore and to obey: but if you will not command him, if you give him nothing to worship, he will fashion his own divinities, and find a chieftain in his own passions. Benjamin Disraeli
Fashion You Man Obey Will Made Own Nothing Worship Find Give Adore He Him Command Passions His
I repeat... that all power is a trust; that we are accountable for its exercise; that from the people and for the people all springs, and all must exist. Benjamin Disraeli
Trust People Power Must For The People Exercise Springs Repeat Exist Accountable
No Government can be long secure without a formidable Opposition. Benjamin Disraeli
Government Long Secure Without Opposition Formidable
There is no greater index of character so sure as the voice. Benjamin Disraeli
Character Voice Sure Greater
Upon the education of the people of this country the fate of this country depends. Benjamin Disraeli
Education People Fate Country Depends
My mother praised me when I did something good, and then the next moment, she would say, 'Don't float.' She put me in a balloon and then pricked it. Bhumibol Adulyadej
Good Me Mother Say Would Something Something Good Put She Praised Balloon Did Then Next Moment Float
Goodness is something that makes us serene and content; it is magnificent. Those who are not good are evil. Bhumibol Adulyadej
Good Evil Goodness Those Something Magnificent Content Makes Us Who Serene
The attainment of the present status of Thailand has to depend on the ability or the actions of all the inhabitants of the country. Bhumibol Adulyadej
Country Depend Status Ability Attainment Thailand Inhabitants Actions Present
You can build a throne with bayonets, but you can't sit on it for long. Boris Yeltsin
You Long Build Sit Bayonets Throne
While maintaining our nuclear potential at the proper level, we need to devote more attention to developing the entire range of means of information warfare. Boris Yeltsin
Our Range Entire Proper More Potential Developing Attention Maintaining Devote Information While Warfare Means Nuclear Level Need
There are numerous bugbears in the profession of a politician. First, ordinary life suffers. Second, there are many temptations to ruin you and those around you. And I suppose third, and this is rarely discussed, people at the top generally have no friends. Boris Yeltsin
Life You People No Friends First Politician Numerous Ruin Top Those Rarely Temptations Generally Suppose Around Friends Discussed Ordinary Ordinary Life Profession Many Suffers Second Third
The man who trusts men will make fewer mistakes than he who distrusts them. Camillo di Cavour
Man Will Men Mistakes He Make Trusts Than Fewer Them Who
Having read the histories of other countries, I saw that expansion was everything, and that the world's surface being limited, the great object of present humanity should be to take as much of the world as it possibly could. Cecil Rhodes
Great Humanity World Other Other Countries Everything Saw Possibly Object Having Could Take Countries Read Limited Surface Histories Expansion Being Much Should Present
So like any football or basketball coach, you always always believe you're going to win. Colin Powell
You Win Believe Football Like Always Any Going Coach Basketball
Experts often possess more data than judgment. Colin Powell
Judgment Possess Data More Than Often Experts
What you're seeing with Occupy Wall Street and the others are people who are unhappy and they're directing their unhappiness now toward Wall Street and toward those they think are doing too well in our society. Colin Powell
You People Unhappy Think Society Too Others Our Those Seeing Directing Toward Well Occupy Occupy Wall Street Doing Wall Wall Street Unhappiness Who Now Street
We need to understand that we as citizens and as a government in any community throughout this country have no more important obligation than to educate those who are going to replace us. Colin Powell
Government Obligation Country Important Community Those Citizens More Throughout Understand Educate Replace Than Any Going Us Who Need
I was born in Harlem, raised in the South Bronx, went to public school, got out of public college, went into the Army, and then I just stuck with it. Colin Powell
Army School College Out Bronx Born Stuck Got South South Bronx Just Public Then Public School Raised Harlem
Organization charts and fancy titles count for next to nothing. Colin Powell
Organization Nothing Charts Count Fancy Titles Next
Many interviewers when they come to talk to me, think they're being progressive by not mentioning in their stories any longer that I'm black. I tell them, 'Don't stop now. If I shot somebody you'd mention it.' Colin Powell
Me You Black Somebody Think Progressive Tell Mention Longer Come Talk Any Stop Being Stories Them Shot Many Now
It isn't enough just to scream at the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations. We need our political system to start reflect this anger back into, 'How do we fix it? How do we get the economy going again?' Colin Powell
Anger Political Reflect Enough Back Our System Economy Occupy Occupy Wall Street How Demonstrations Fix Wall Wall Street Get Political System Going Just Scream Again Street Start Need
President Assad, I worked with. I know him reasonably well, met with him a few times, and he's a liar. Colin Powell
Liar Met Few President He Know Well Him Times Worked Reasonably
You aren't going to be successful as a diplomat if you don't understand the strategic context in which you are actually negotiating. It is not deal making. It's not. Condoleezza Rice
You Negotiating Diplomat Deal Understand Making Context Going Which Successful Strategic Actually
Today's headlines and history's judgment are rarely the same. Condoleezza Rice
Today History Judgment Rarely Headlines Same
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