Politician Quotes - Page 10

• No, you can't deny women their basic rights and pretend it's about your 'religious freedom'. If you don't like birth control, don't use it. Religious freedom doesn't mean you can force others to live by your own beliefs.

  Barack Obama

  Religious, Freedom, Women

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• Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.

  Jim Ryun

  Inspirational, Motivational, Moving On

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• I choose bold. I choose action. I choose what's right for the people. I choose to make a difference.

  Bill Richardson

  Inspirational, Courage, Differences

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• A good speech should be like a woman's skirt: long enough to cover the subject and short enough to create interest

  Winston Churchill

  Funny, Witty, Clothes

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• Therefore the best fortress is to be found in the love of the people, for although you may have fortresses they will not save you if you are hated by the people.

  Niccolo Machiavelli

  Love, Hate, People

  Niccolo Machiavelli (2017). “The Prince”, p.69, Race Point Publishing

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• I love my country, not my government.

  Jesse Ventura

  Country, Patriotic, Government

  FaceBook post by Jesse Ventura from Jan 17, 2011

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• The constitutional freedom of religion is the most inalienable and sacred of all human rights

  Thomas Jefferson

  Freedom, Rights, Political

  Thomas Jefferson (1984). “Jefferson: Writings”, p.593, Library of America

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• Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men.

  John F. Kennedy

  Inspirational, Life, Strength

  "Twenty Sermons". Book by Phillips Brooks, p. 330, 1886.

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• He who has learned how to obey will know how to command.

  Solon

  Leadership, Learning, Knowing

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• The civil rights movement didn't begin in Montgomery and it didn't end in the 1960s. It continues on to this very minute.

  Julian Bond

  Freedom, Equality, Rights

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• Investing in women is smart economics, and investing in girls, catching them upstream, is even smarter economics.

  Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

  Girl, Education, Women

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• It would be some time before I fully realized that the United States sees little need for diplomacy; power is enough. Only the weak rely on diplomacy. The Roman Empire had no need for diplomacy. Nor does the United States.

  Boutros Boutros-Ghali

  War, Power, Usa

  "Unvanquished: A U.S. - U.N. Saga". Book by Boutros Boutros-Ghali, 1999.

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• The American people will never knowingly adopt socialism. But, under the name of 'liberalism,' they will adopt every fragment of the socialist program, until one day America will be a socialist nation, without knowing how it happened.

  Norman Thomas

  Freedom, Names, Usa

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Peace without justice is tyranny

  William Allen White

  Peace, Editors, Justice

  William Allen White (1937). “Forty Years on Main Street”

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• Each time a man stands up for an ideal or acts to improve the lot of others or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope.

  Robert Kennedy

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

  Robert F. Kennedy (1998). “Make Gentle the Life of the World: The Vision of Robert F. Kennedy”, Harcourt

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• Violence is black children going to school for 12 years and receiving 6 years' worth of education.

  Julian Bond

  Education, Children, School

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• The world would have peace if only men of politics would follow the Gospels.

  Bridget of Sweden

  Bible, Religious, Peace

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  Death is something inevitable. When a man has done what he considers to be his duty to his people and his country, he can rest in peace. I believe I have made that effort and that is, therefore, why I will sleep for the eternity.

  Nelson Mandela

  Inspirational, Motivational, Death

  FaceBook post by Nelson Mandela from Dec 05, 2013

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• It is not enough to stare up the steps, we must step up the stairs.

  Vaclav Havel

  Inspiring, Success, Vision

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• A firm that continues to employ a previously successful strategy eventually and inevitably falls victim to a competitor.

  William Cohen

  Fall, Successful, Competition

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• More courage is required to forgive than is required to take up arms.

  Jose Ramos-Horta

  Inspirational, Forgiveness, Courage

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• Don't speak to me about your religion; first show it to me in how you treat other people. Don't tell me how much you love your God; show me in how much you love all God's children. Don't preach to me your passion for your faith; teach me through your compassion for your neighbors. In the end, I'm not as interested in what you have to tell or sell as I am in how you choose to live and give.

  Cory Booker

  Love, God, Faith

  FaceBook post by Cory Booker from Feb 04, 2012

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• You must understand what the Parthenon Marbles mean to us. They are our pride. They are our sacrifices. They are our noblest symbol of excellence. They are a tribute to the democratic philosophy. They are our aspirations and our name. They are the essence of Greekness.

  Melina Mercouri

  Philosophy, Mean, Patriotic

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• I’m happily married. I’ve got more than enough to eat at home.

  Rob Ford

  Love, Happy, Marriage

  "Rob Ford: 'Enough To Eat' Comment Met With Disgust". www.huffingtonpost.ca. November 14, 2013.

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• We have no eternal allies, and we have not perpetual enemies. Our interests are eternal and perpetual, and those interests it is our duty to follow.

  Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston

  Enemy, Allies, Politics

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