Politician Quotes

In particular, the efforts to reestablish peace after the World War have been directed toward the formation of states and the regulation of their frontiers according to a consciously national program.

History shows us that other highly developed forms of civilization have collapsed. Who knows whether the same fate does not await our own?

Hand in hand with nationalist economic isolationism, militarism struggles to maintain the sovereign state against the forward march of internationalism.

For the state by its nature claims sovereignty, the right to an unlimited development of power, determined only by self-interest. It is by nature anarchistic.

Every time economic and technical development takes a step forward, forces emerge which attempt to create political forms for what, on the economic-technical plane, has already more or less become reality.

Europe cannot survive another world war.

Earlier ages fortified themselves behind the sovereign state, behind protectionism and militarism.

Concord, solidarity, and mutual help are the most important means of enabling animal species to survive.

But teleological considerations can lead no further than to a belief and a hope. They do not give certainty.

A pacifist will often - at least nowadays - be an internationalist and vice versa. But history shows us that a pacifist need not think internationally.

It is an accepted commonplace in psychology that the spiritual level of people acting as a crowd is far lower than the mean of each individual's intelligence or morality.

All species capable of grasping this fact manage better in the struggle for existence than those which rely upon their own strength alone: the wolf, which hunts in a pack, has a greater chance of survival than the lion, which hunts alone.

Language, philosophy, and science are interwoven into the design of words, which are manipulated to create surprising illusions.

If you were to climb up on your desk, walk around behind your monitor and lean way over so you could see the screen, you'd be able to read 'Wordplay' just as easily as you could sitting in your chair.

As both a fine artist and a graphic designer, I specialize in the visual presentation of words.

No man should have a political office because he wants a job.

Newspaper men, perhaps more than any other class, are rated by ability.

My stars and my stripes are your dream and your labors.

It is work and personal worth which make a State great both politically and industrially, and in my estimation they are to be found in largest proportions in the Democratic party.

I have hardly seen my baby for six weeks; have been at the office from nine A.M. to eleven P.M. regularly.

I am not the flag: not at all. I am but its shadow.

For you are the makers of the flag and it is well that you glory in the making.

A public office is not a job, it is an opportunity to do something for the public.

Why - because as a oil and gas small business owner - I know if someone is not doing their job, they should not get paid. Again leadership by example.

The budget acknowledges the importance of maintaining our ports and waterways to encourage commercial deep-draft navigation and economic competitiveness.

You can't hide behind race any more. You can't hide behind class structure any more. You can't hide behind family. You need to produce.

There is nothing here that's broken that can't be fixed, but it won't happen on its own. It's going to require a huge lift by the entire country of the United States of America and people on the ground taking personal responsibility for themselves. You cannot take it as a fait accompli that the city

The people of New Orleans have gotten to rock bottom. And the only way out in my mind is for them to really understand it, and then to really choose to get better.

The federal government was responsible for building the levees, engineering the levees, and consequentially, the federal government is responsible for repairing the damage that has been done, which has not been completed yet.

The city of New Orleans showed America what it takes to rebuild a great place. We're all going together, and we're not leaving anybody behind.