Adam Nicolson Quotes, Kings Quotes, Political Quotes

T's [King James Bible] subject is majesty, not tyranny, and it's political purpose was unifying and enfolding, to elide the kingliness of God with the godliness of kings, to make royal power and divine glory into one invisible garment which could be wrapped around the nation as a whole.

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Keep up appearances whatever you do.

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I do believe that political arrangements which are based upon violence, intimidation and theft will eventually break down - and will deserve to do so.

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I consider poetry very subordinate to moral and political science.

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He who confuses political liberty with freedom and political equality with similarity has never thought for five minutes about either.

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Received as I am by the members of a legislature the majority of whom do not agree with me in political sentiments, I trust that I may have their assistance in piloting the ship of state through this voyage, surrounded by perils as it is; for if it should suffer wreck now, there will be no pilot ever needed for another voyage.

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Phronimos, possessing practical wisdom . But the only virtue special to a ruler is practical wisdom; all the others must be possessed, so it seems, both by rulers and ruled. The virtue of a person being ruled is not practical wisdom but correct opinion; he is rather like a person who makes the pipes, while the ruler is the one who can play them.

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Prosperity is the best protector of principle.

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Keep good relations with the Grecians.

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Over my tenure as governor, I have come not only to respect the political muscle of the Federation; I've come to respect the brains. All of us depend on your efforts and energies.

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The possession of power inevitably spoils the free use of reason.

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It is important that social, political, and religious freedoms grow in China. A society which recognizes religious freedom is a society which will recognize political freedom as well.

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If today I stand here as a revolutionary, it is as a revolutionary against the Revolution.

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I hate cowardice; I will have nothing to do with cowards or political nonsense.

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Let reverence for the laws . . . become the political religion of the nation.

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Everything is political. I will never be a politician or even think political. Me just deal with life and nature. That is the greatest thing to me.

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After four years at the United Nations I sometimes yearn for the peace and tranquility of a political convention.

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A change is brought about because ordinary people do extraordinary things.

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I do remain confident in Linda. She'll make a fine labor secretary. From what I've read in the press accounts, she's perfectly qualified.

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I don't call myself a political figure but I'm taken to be.

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