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The time for arguing about the powers the people want is over. It's time now to use the powers that we have.
Kings are more prone to mistrust the good than the bad; and they are always afraid of the virtues of others.
We intend to try by every means in our power to seize the country and create a government without bloodshed.
True is the saying: 'In order to make the world tranquil and happy, the nation must first be well governed!'
No one is rich whose expenditures exceed his means, and no one is poor whose incomings exceed his outgoings.
Grief is like manure, if you spread it out it fertilizes, if you leave it in a big pile it smells like crap.
However formidable a military power you may be, you cannot impose upon a people anything against their will.
If the Sri Lankan government resorts to state oppression against the Tamils and Muslims, then we will fight.
Hatred, revenge, bitterness - these are negative emotions. The person harbouring those emotions suffers more.
The Bolsheviks started not just on the killing of private property; they were trying to abolish money itself.
Mr Speaker, I smell a rat; I see him forming in the air and darkening the sky; but I will nip him in the bud.
The business man who gains success at the expense of the poor and miserable gains nil respect from his peers.
Socialism is practical, in the best sense of the term; a living, vital force of inestimable value to society.
America has a long and rich tradition of generosity that began with simple acts of neighbor helping neighbor.
What we have in Colombia is a war against the poor and the guerillas from the left side are against the poor.
Politically active people felt more and more disenfranchised, particularly during the ultra-New Labour years.
They make revolutionary propaganda because they know the privileged class can never be overturned peacefully.
I grew up in Derry, of course, and it was - Derry was the worst example of Northern Ireland's discrimination.
Organ donation is very personal to me. My mother, before her death, was on kidney dialysis for several years.
Love is missing someone whenever you're apart, but somehow feeling warm inside because you're close in heart.
If Irrfan plans to make a movie on me, I will be the hero of the movie, as I feel that no one better than me.
One of the first things we found out was that the Warren Commission never pursued a conspiracy investigation.
[Tyranny is] to compel men not to think as they do, to compel men to express thoughts that are not their own.
Freedom is based on truth, and no man is completely free as long as any part of his belief is based on error.
I am satisfied that all politicians were meant to be journalists and all journalists meant to be politicians.
In the old days, people robbed stagecoaches and knocked off armored trucks. Now they're knocking off servers.
To embrace humanism is to embrace the concept that caring for our fellow human beings is our highest calling.
There is a plan and a purpose, a value to every life, no matter what its location, age, gender or disability.
In order to secure our unlimited future, we need a leader who understands the moral case for free enterprise.
Mexico is intensely affected by all kinds of things that are shipped into this country from the United States.
Advantages of freedom do not have to be proved by something outside freedom itself. It is its own underwriter.
Thus, flexibility, as displayed by water, is a sign of life. Rigidity, its opposite, is an indicator of death.
Death by hanging... well, in view of the whole situation, I never expected anything different. It's all right.
Beaverbrook is so pleased to be in the government that he is like the town tart who finally married the Mayor.
I don’t believe in involving the government in enforcing or encouraging the lifestyle of gays and homosexuals.
We will make every effort to unify all ethnic groups, to strengthen belief in Taiwan and to persist in reform.
A big part of letting go is recognizing when it is time to stay in a situation and when it is time to move on.
It's just so hard sometimes to work out where people stand on these things. I mean, isn't the Pope a feminist?
Most of the most important experiences that truly educate cannot be arranged ahead of time with any precision.
It is time we recognised the huge contribution that migration has made to the economic growth of this country.
Jobs are created in the private sector. Not by the president or the government unless they're government jobs.
I'm tolerant of all religions... I don't care if someone wants to go out there and worship the bark on a tree.
You can grow marijuana, so the government can't tax you and they don't like that, that's why they prohibit it.
We need do no more than repeat: only under communism does the individual become himself and lead his own life.
Little girls are taught to be dependent, incapable of valuing themselves in many aspects of their daily lives.
It is because of me that today the union government has sanctioned special funds for the development of Bihar.
What Korea and the U.S. both ultimately seek to achieve is the dismantlement of North Korea's nuclear program.
I think that the ordinary bloke has an instinctive sense that it wouldn't be too bad if the weather warmed up.
I strongly suspect that there would be a positive economic advantage to the U.K. in leaving the single market.
I have long argued that in the modern world, corporation tax has had its day as a major source of tax revenue.