Quotes about Republic

Behold a republic standing erect while empires all around are bowed beneath the weight of their own armaments - a republic whose flag is loved while other flags are only feared. Votes: 6

In the republic of mediocrity, genius is dangerous. Votes: 5

I think it's a great shame that America stopped being a republic and became an empire. Votes: 5

The first requisite of a good citizen in this republic of ours is that he shall be able and willing to pull his own weight. Votes: 5

Society is a republic. When an individual tries to lift themselves above others, they are dragged down by the mass, either by ridicule or slander. Votes: 5

The state is nothing but an instrument of opression of one class by another - no less so in a democratic republic than in a monarchy. Votes: 5

A return to first principles in a republic is sometimes caused by the simple virtues of one man. His good example has such an influence that the good men strive to imitate him, and the wicked are ashamed to lead a life so contrary to his example. Votes: 5

This is America, not a banana republic. Votes: 4

Toleration and liberty are the foundations of a great republic. Votes: 4

Our republic and its press will rise and fall together. Votes: 4

The world is a republic of mediocrities, and always was. Votes: 4

I have considered the pension list of the republic a roll of honor. Votes: 4

Our constitution works. Our great republic is a government of laws, not of men. Votes: 4

I am a former sabre fencer and fenced as part of the Uzbek republic team. Votes: 4

South Carolina is too small for a republic and too large for an insane asylum. Votes: 4

This liberal progressive agenda... is the antithesis of who we are as a constitutional republic. Votes: 4

Between a balanced republic and a democracy, the difference is like that between order and chaos. Votes: 4

Our great Republic is a government of laws and not of men. Here, the people rule. Votes: 4

In a republic, that paradise of debility, the politician is a petty tyrant who obeys the laws. Votes: 4

When the people find that they can vote themselves money that will herald the end of the republic. Votes: 4

In a republic this rule ought to be observed: that the majority should not have the predominant power. Votes: 4

When a benevolent mind contemplates the republic of Lycurgus, its admiration is mixed with a degree of horror. Votes: 4

Grant me thirty years of equal division of inheritances and a free press, and I will provide you with a republic. Votes: 4

Every Arab 'republic' has been a republic of fear, but only Saddam Hussein's Iraq surpassed the Assads' Syria in number of victims. Votes: 4

All of us are citizens in a republic much larger than the Republic of America. It is the Republic of Letters, a realm of the mind that extends everywhere, without police, national boundaries, or disciplinary frontiers. Votes: 4

The only foundation for . . . a republic is to be laid in Religion. Without this there can be no virtue, and without virtue there can be no liberty, and liberty is the object and life of all republican governments. Votes: 4

The safety of the republic being the supreme law, and Texas having offered us the key to the safety of our country from all foreign intrigues and diplomacy, I say accept the key and bolt the door at once. Votes: 4

Heaven is not a republic. Votes: 3

Virtue is necessary to a republic. Votes: 3

I'm a citizen of the republic of empathy. Votes: 3

In the republic of mediocrity, genius is dangerous. Votes: 3

A republic may be called the climate of civilization. Votes: 3

Meteors are not needed less than mountains: shine, perishing republic. Votes: 3

Honduras was the original 'banana republic,' and its poverty remains extreme. Votes: 3

Washington, one feels in Washington, is the spoiled child of the republic. Votes: 3

The less luxury there is in a republic, the more it is perfect. Votes: 3

The future of this republic is in the hands of the American voter. Votes: 3

This republic was not established by cowards; and cowards will not preserve it. Votes: 3

Los Estados Unidos has turned into a banana republic, a fascist banana republic. Votes: 3

Citizenship is what makes a republic - monarchies can get along without it. Votes: 3

On what rests the hope of the republic? One country, one language, one flag! Votes: 3

The current constitutional law places the president of the republic in an embarrassing situation. Votes: 3

No republic ever yet stood on a stable foundation without satisfying the common people. Votes: 3

When one person can initiate war, by its definition, a republic no longer exists. Votes: 3

Syntax, my lad. It has been restored to the highest place in the republic. Votes: 3

The difference between a republic and an empire is the loyalty of one's army Votes: 3

The new republic should be based on diversity, respect and equal rights for all. Votes: 3

The principal of unity and indivisibility of the republic are the essential reference points. Votes: 3

We belong to the One mastering God: you belong to the republic of playful gods. Votes: 3

No republic can long exist unless a substantial equality in the wealth of citizens prevails. Votes: 3

It is the goal of the American university to be the brains of the republic. Votes: 3

The only foundation for useful education in a republic is to be laid in religion. Votes: 3

"What greater gift can we offer the republic than to teach and instruct our youth?" Votes: 3

In a representative republic, the education of our children must be of the utmost importance! Votes: 3

One of the greatest perils to an extensive republic is the disregard of individual rights. Votes: 3

The life of a republic lies certainly in the energy, virtue, and intelligence of its citizens. Votes: 3

Without debate, without criticism no administration and no country can succeed and no republic can survive. Votes: 3

A republic properly understood is a sovereignty of justice, in contradistinction to a sovereignty of will. Votes: 3

It should therefore be difficult in a republic to declare war; but not to make peace. Votes: 3

Virtue in a republic is the love of one's country, that is the love of equality. Votes: 3

This is the voice of Vietnam Broadcasting from Hanoi, capitol of the Democratic republic of Vietnam. Votes: 3

The typical American corporation is a shareholders' republic the same way that China is a peoples' republic. Votes: 3

A perfect example of the new republic's urge to drape itself with the togas of classical respectability. Votes: 3

A democracy is as really a republic as on oak a tree, or a temple a building Votes: 3

Democracy will never be supplanted by a republic of experts—and that is a very good thing. Votes: 3

In a republic the first rule for the guidance of the citizen is obedience of the law. Votes: 3

Civility isn't just some optional value in a multicultural, multistate democratic republic. Civility is the key to civilization. Votes: 3

The market-driven spectacle of war demands a culture of conformity, quiet intellectuals and a largely passive republic of consumers. Votes: 3

Foreign influence is truly the Grecian horse to a republic. We cannot be too careful to exclude its influence. Votes: 3

Those who take oaths to politically powerful secret societies cannot be depended on for loyalty to a democratic republic. Votes: 3

When people in positions of trust mislead us - either recklessly, negligently or intentionally - that impacts the republic. Votes: 3

Absolute virtue is impossible and the republic of forgiveness leads, with implacable logic, to the republic of the guillotine. Votes: 3

There's a big difference in a representative republic and a democracy. We do not have a democracy in America. Votes: 3

There's a big difference in a representative republic and a democracy. We do not have a democracy in America. Votes: 3

Our American republic will endure only as long as the ideas of the men who founded it continue dominant. Votes: 3

The political form of a society wherein the proletariat is victorious in overthrowing the bourgeoisie will be a democratic republic. Votes: 3

Do not expect Plato's ideal republic; be satisfied with even the smallest step forward, and consider this no small achievement. Votes: 3

For every monarchy overthrown the sky becomes less brilliant, because it loses a star. A republic is ugliness set free. Votes: 3

Conservatives understand that the power that binds our republic together is fierce independence held high on the shoulders of compassion. Votes: 3

MULTITUDE, n. A crowd; the source of political wisdom and virtue. In a republic, the object of the statesman's adoration. Votes: 3

Proof that they do not understand the republic is that in their fine promises for universal suffrage, they forgot women. Votes: 3

How could you say the best form of government is a republic if you think the universe is a monarchy? Votes: 3

A republic cannot succeed, till it contains a certain body of men imbued with the principles of justice and honour. Votes: 3

If you want to make the government take a religious side, then make the case, it should be Christian republic. Votes: 3

Now one of two things is true: Either a republic is a desirable form of government, or else it is not. Votes: 3

This is a case if the President is permitted to be above the law, then we no longer have a republic. Votes: 3

The end of the republic is to enervate and to weaken all other bodies so as to increase its own body. Votes: 3

If the equality of individuals and the dignity of man be myths, they are myths to which the republic is committed. Votes: 3

The U.S. prosecution service is eating at the soul of the American republic. It is an absolute danger to everyone. Votes: 3

In a republic there is no coercive force as in other governments, the laws must therefore endeavor to supply this defect. Votes: 3

It is a reality attested by all history that if a republic assumes imperial functions it will not remain a republic. Votes: 3

There is a peculiar contradiction in trying to be a member of a republic while believing that the universe is a monarchy. Votes: 3

We are well on our way to becoming a banana republic in every respect except, of course, that we don't grow bananas. Votes: 3

If the president is allowed to suspend constitutional rights on his own personal whims, our free republic has effectively ceased to exist. Votes: 3

When legitimately constituted state authority stands down in the face of armed threats, the very foundation of the republic is in danger. Votes: 3

For some years I deserted religion in favour of Marxism. The republic of goodness seemed more attainable than the Kingdom of God. Votes: 3

If the meanest man in the republic is deprived of his rights,then every man in the republic is deprived of his rights. Votes: 3

The city of Tehran is a very modern metropolis, and there's an emphasis in the Islamic republic on science and advancement and technology. Votes: 3

An empire that extends itself selectively is just being prudent about its own limitations. A republic that supports democratization selectively is another matter. Votes: 3

No good government but what is republican... the very definition of a republic is 'an empire of laws, and not of men.' Votes: 3

No republic has long outlived the discovery by a majority of its people that they could vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. Votes: 3

The right of the citizens to keep and bear arms has justly been considered as the palladium of the liberties of a republic ... Votes: 3

I have lived in countries that were coming out of conflict: Ireland, South Africa, the Czech republic. People there are overflowing with energy. Votes: 3

We need to discuss the basis of a new form of trust built on a meaningful form of citizenship appropriate for a republic. Votes: 3

Only when a republic's life is in danger should a man uphold his government when it is wrong. There is no other time. Votes: 3

There are elements of democracy in votes here and there in America. But in the actual structure of the government, we're a representative republic. Votes: 3

What is called a republic, is not any particular form of government ... it is naturally opposed to the word monarchy, which means arbitrary power. Votes: 3

Music does affect your opinions. Plato is supposed to have said "It's very dangerous to allow the wrong kind of music into the republic." Votes: 3

There are elements of democracy in votes here and there in America. But in the actual structure of the government, we're a representative republic. Votes: 3

I finally returned to Iran in 1979, when I got my degree in English and American literature, and stayed for 18 years in the Islamic republic. Votes: 3

[In a republic,] it is not the people themselves who make the decisions, but the people they themselves choose to stand in their places. Votes: 3

I have always considered it as treason against the great republic of human nature, to make any man's virtues the means of deceiving him. Votes: 3

Every citizen of the republic ought to consider himself an unofficial policeman, and keep unsalaried watch and ward over the laws and their execution. Votes: 3

...when the laws have ceased to be executed, as this can only come from the corruption of the republic, the state is already lost. Votes: 3

When public virtue is gone, when the national spirit is fled the republic is lost in essence, though it may still exist in form Votes: 3

In the end, one or the other will triumph - a funeral dirge will be sung over the Soviet republic or over world capitalism. Votes: 3

[the framers of the Constitution] intended our government should be a republic, which differs more widely from a democracy than a democracy from a despotism. Votes: 3

The republic which sinks to sleep, trusting to constitutions and machinery, to politicians and statesmen, for the safety of its liberties, never will have any. Votes: 3

If the Czar will not accord our people these desired liberties, then a revolution will bring about a republic which will assure us our rights. Votes: 3

Francois Hollande is the president of the republic, he must be respected. I want to wish him good luck in the midst of these tests. Votes: 3

The same fact that Boccaccio offers in support of religion might be adduced in behalf of a republic: "It exists in spite of its ministers. Votes: 3

A republic - if you can keep it - is about limitation, and for good reason, because we are mortal and our actions are imperfect. Votes: 3

We have retained the forms and phrases of a republic, but in reality we are living under an oligarchy, not of courtesan, but of bureaucrats. Votes: 3

it is a testament to the strength and purity of the democratic sentiment in the country, that the republic has not been overthrown by its newspapers. Votes: 3

The Constitution is the bedrock of all our freedoms; guard and cherish it; keep honor and order in your own house; and the republic will endure. Votes: 3

A republic is not an easy form of government to live under, and when the responsibility of citizenship is evaded, democracy decays and authoritarianism takes over. Votes: 3

In the democracy of the dead all men at last are equal. There is neither rank nor station nor prerogative in the republic of the grave. Votes: 3

In a banana republic, one might slip on a banana peel but things do work - now and then for the people, albeit inefficiently and unreliably. Votes: 3

All men of genius, and all those who have gained rank in the republic of letters, are brothers, whatever may be the land of their nativity. Votes: 3

In the democracy of the dead all men at last are equal. There is neither rank nor station nor prerogative in the republic of the grave Votes: 3

Not in vain has Lincoln lived, for he has helped to make this republic an example of justice, with no caste but the caste of humanity. Votes: 3

America is not a democracy. I think if your kids understood that - and most people don't. We are a representative republic. We're not a direct democracy. Votes: 3

A community of small farmers... land property owners, will be the only assurance that the freedom our republic offers will be guaranteed to each and every citizen. Votes: 3

This republic represents the greatest basis for that universal socialist order, the creation of which is at the present time the historic task of the International Proletariat. Votes: 3

I considered mores to be one of the great general causes responsible for the maintenance of a democratic republic . . . the term "mores" . . . meaning . . . habits of the heart. Votes: 3

We should stop going around babbling about how we're the greatest democracy on earth, when we're not even a democracy. We are a sort of militarised republic. Votes: 3

I think that this liberal progressive agenda is not the thing that the American people want and it's antithesis to who we are as a constitutional republic. Votes: 3

The most influential person in Europe in the last 20 to 30 years has been Margaret Thatcher. Without her we'd all be living in some French bloody unemployed republic. Votes: 3

America is not a democracy. I think if your kids understood that - and most people don't. We are a representative republic. We're not a direct democracy. Votes: 3

The republic stands for truth and honour. For all that is noblest in our race. By truth and honour, principle and sacrifice alone will Ireland be free. Votes: 3

I assure you, it would be much more pleasant for me to be an ordinary voter in peaceful Chechnya than the president of a republic at war. Votes: 3

Rebellion against a king may be pardoned, or lightly punished, but the man who dares to rebel against the laws of a republic ought to suffer death. Votes: 3

A lady asked Dr. Franklin Well Doctor what have we got a republic or a monarchy - "A republic," replied the Doctor, "if you can keep it." Votes: 3

Faust complained about having two souls in his breast, but I harbor a whole crowd of them and they quarrel. It is like being in a republic. Votes: 3

The difference is that for a soundly conceived and solidly endowed republic it takes a great deal longer for those seeds to germinate and the plants to grow. Votes: 3

I want you [Sarah Palin] to know you have my support. But please look into protection for your family. An attempt on you could bring the republic down. Votes: 3

A republic of this kind, able to withstand an external force, may support itself without any internal corruptions. The form of this society prevents all manner of inconveniences. Votes: 3

Life is a republic where the individuals are for the most part unconscious that while they are working for themselves they are also working for the public good. Votes: 3

The transformation of the United States from a traditional republic to a democratic nation run in large measure by a single executive took a couple of hundred years. Votes: 3

I cannot believe that a republic could subsist if the influence of the lawyers in public business did not increase in proportion to the power of the people. Votes: 3

A republic, by which I mean a government in which the scheme of representation takes place, opens a different prospect and promises the cure for which we are seeking. Votes: 3

An aristocracy in a republic is like a chicken whose head has been cut off it may run about in a lively way, but in fact it is dead Votes: 3

I've always voted Republican because America is exactly that, a republic. You can't expect much leadership with a Democrat behind the desk their not even close to dual efficient. Votes: 3

I don't think that voters should be fixated on public policy. In a healthy republic, they wouldn't have to worry every waking hour about what their government is doing. Votes: 3

..And songs, to me, were more important than just light entertainment. They were my preceptor and guide into some altered consciousness of reality, some different republic, some liberated republic. Votes: 3

The nonconformist and the rebel say all manner of unanswerable things against the existing republic, but discover to our sense no plan of house or state of their own. Votes: 3

But I confess that "my mind to me a kingdom is"--not! Rather it is a fantastical republic, daily troubled by more revolutions than ever occurred in South America ... Votes: 3

An aristocracy in a republic is like a chicken whose head has been cut off: it may run about in a lively way, but in fact it is dead. Votes: 3

An aristocracy in a republic is like a chicken whose head has been cut off; it may run about in a lively way, but in fact it is dead. Votes: 3

When a man begins to feel that he is the only one who can lead in this republic, he is guilty of treason to the spirit of our institutions. Votes: 3

You making haste on decay: not blameworthy; life is good, be it stubbornly long or suddenly A mortal splendor: meteors are not needed less than mountains: shine, perishing republic. Votes: 3

If we accept the logic of the Declaration, reverence for God is not just a matter of religious faith, it is the foundation of justice and citizenship in our republic. Votes: 3

When free discussion is denied, hardening of the arteries of democracy has set in, free institutions are but a lifeless form, and the death of the republic is at hand. Votes: 3

Liberals never, ever drop a heinous idea; they just change the name. Abortion becomes choice, communist becomes progressive, communist dictatorship becomes people's democratic republic and Nikita Khrushchev becomes Barack Obama. Votes: 3

There is not such a cradle of democracy upon the earth as the Free Public Library, this republic of letters, where neither rank, office, nor wealth receives the slightest consideration. Votes: 3

And it was under Wilson that the first great propaganda slogan was coined and emblazoned everywhere, to make Americans start thinking favorably of democracies and forget that we had a republic. Votes: 3

And it was under Wilson that the first great propaganda slogan was coined and emblazoned everywhere, to make Americans start thinking favorably of democracies and forget that we had a republic. Votes: 3

Wright and Cowen, who have separately written important scholarly works on the financial history of the early republic, here repackage their research for readers of popular history, and do so impressively. Votes: 3

The instruction furnished is not good enough for the youth of such a country ... There is not even any systematic instruction given on political morals: an enormous deficiency in a republic. Votes: 3

And for well over a hundred years our politicians, statesmen, and people remembered that this was a republic, not a democracy, and knew what they meant when they made that distinction. Votes: 3

My idea of village SWARAJ is that is a complete republic, independent of its neighbors for its own vital wants, and yet interdependent for many others which dependence is a necessity. Votes: 3

No, men and women of the Irish race, we shall not fight for England. We shall fight for the destruction of the British Empire and the construction of an Irish republic. Votes: 3

This was a "bad" example for U.S. slaves. Haiti was subjected to an embargo from the United States, which, along with many other countries, refused to recognize this new republic. Votes: 3

When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir. Votes: 3

While trying to protect the republic, the conspirators in Julius Caesar enable Mark Antony to triumph. In Rose Rage, the more Henry VI tries to fix things, the more they go wrong. Votes: 3

I think it's inevitable that New Zealand will become a republic and that would reflect the reality that New Zealand is a totally sovereign-independent 21st century nation 12,000 miles from the United Kingdom. Votes: 3

This great republic is a mockery of freedom as long as you are doomed to dig and sweat to earn a miserable living while the masters enjoy the fruit of your toil. Votes: 3

What greater or better gift can we offer the republic than to teach and instruct our youth? [Lat., Quod enim munus reiplicae afferre majus, meliusve possumus, quam si docemus atque erudimus juventutem?] Votes: 3

The United States form a young republic, a confederacy which ought ever to be cemented by a union of interests and affection, under the influence of those principles which obtained their independence. Votes: 3

Protestantism came to America to make America Protestant. It was assumed that was to be done through faith in the reasonableness of the common man and the establishment of a democratic republic. Votes: 3

I Like this quote I dislike this quote The first requisite of a good citizen in this republic of ours is that he shall be able and willing to pull his own weight. Votes: 3

As long as the opposition believes the world will stand with Ukraine's democrat reformers, they will have the leverage and the courage to establish a legitimate republic under the leadership of Viktor Yushchenko. Votes: 3

Unlike other countries, it was founded on written proclamations. America is an ideal as well as a republic. Its documents are open to revisions. They're works in progress. There's an invitation to participate. Votes: 3

A republic will avoid war unless the avoidance might create conditions that are worse than warfare itself. Sometimes, the dispositions of those who choose to make themselves our enemies leaves us no choice. Votes: 3

RABBLE, n. In a republic, those who exercise a supreme authority tempered by fraudulent elections. The rabble is like the sacred Simurgh, of Arabian fable - omnipotent on condition that it do nothing. Votes: 3

The British who arrived in the United States in the eighteen-thirties and forties had imagined the young republic as a wide-eyed adolescent, socially ungainly and politically gauche, but with some hint of promise. Votes: 3

But the Committee for Industrial Organizations is here. It is now henceforth a definite instrumentality, destined greatly to influence the lives of our people and the internal and external course of the republic. Votes: 3

I have just come from the castle, where I have seen the president of the republic, and I can tell you that he has accepted all of my proposals without making any changes. Votes: 3

The least we can do is to respect the Constitution because that's the foundation on which our republic is built. If you give the Constitution the go-by, your republic will be under stress. Votes: 3

The most superficial student of Roman history must be struck by the extraordinary degree in which the fortunes of the republic were affected by the presence of foreigners, under different names, on her soil. Votes: 3

And we will accept the creation of the Iberian Federation of a socialist republic which will give each region the right to construct its life in accordance with its economic possibilities and political preponderance. Votes: 3

I believe that George Bush won the election through the vote of the people and the way our republic is set up. All we did was follow the law in the Department of State. Votes: 3

In the best days of our republic Americans were fiercely proud of the fact that rich and poor met on such equal terms in so many ways, and without the slightest trace of hostility. Votes: 3

Fookin' Irish, they're a race of political masochists, they love their fookin' chiefs and princes an' a strong hand belting. It's like the man said in the play, Abair and focal republic i nGaoluinn? Votes: 3

We have a President, perhaps for the very first time since the founding of our republic, who doesn't appear to believe that America is the greatest earthly force for good the world has ever known. Votes: 3

Ulysses' is the greatest anti-racist text in the English language, and it challenges right from the beginning the vicious racism which lies near the foundations of the Irish Free State and of the Irish republic. Votes: 3

Ulysses is the greatest anti-racist text in the English language, and it challenges right from the beginning the vicious racism which lies near the foundations of the Irish Free State and of the Irish republic. Votes: 3

It is of great importance in a republic, not only to guard the society against the oppression of its rulers; but to guard one part of the society against the injustice of the other part. Votes: 3

Those who expect radical changes in policy and direction are mistaken and lost. The government of the fourth republic will build on what was undertaken by previous governments and will continue with all good things. Votes: 3

The whole fabric of southern society must be changed, and never can it be done if this opportunity is lost. Without this, this government can never be, as it never has been, a true republic. Votes: 3

As virtue is necessary in a republic, and honor in a monarchy, fear is what is required in a despotism. As for virtue, it is not at all necessary, and honor would be dangerous there. Votes: 3

When the Romans in the last age of the republic came into immediate contact with Iran as a consequence of the occupation of Syria, they found in existence the Persian empire regenerated by the Parthians. Votes: 3

I repeat that no greater immediate responsibility rests upon members of the Church, upon all citizens of this republic and of neighboring republics than to protect the freedom vouchsafed by the Constitution of the United States. Votes: 3

While looking up news from the North Caucasus on Twitter, I was linked to the sanguinely titled 'Seven Wonders of Chechnya Tour' on the website of Chechnya Travel, the postwar republic's first tourism outfit, founded in 2012. Votes: 3

The founding fathers, in their wisdom, devised a method by which our republic can take one hundred of its most prominent numbskulls and keep them out of the private sector where they might do actual harm. Votes: 3

It's precisely because America is not a democracy that we have survived! It's precisely because majority rule does have checks and balances on it. It's precisely because this is a representative republic that we have survived. Votes: 3

It's precisely because America is not a democracy that we have survived! It's precisely because majority rule does have checks and balances on it. It's precisely because this is a representative republic that we have survived. Votes: 3

The total amount paid out in dividends is roughly equal to the amount lost in trading and investment advice, so net dividends to shareholders are zero. This is a very peculiar way to run a republic. Votes: 3

Our country right or wrong is an evil motto - what if your country be in the wrong? It will only compound her injury. I wish to serve the republic with an honest and fearless criticism. Votes: 3

Wherever the appearance of a conventional aristocracy exists in America, it must arise from wealth, as it cannot from birth. An aristocracy of mere wealth is vulgar everywhere. In a republic, it is vulgar in the extreme. Votes: 3

The American myth is of free will in its simple, primary sense. One can choose oneself and will oneself; and this absurdly optimistic assumption so dominates the republic that it has bred all its gross social injustices. Votes: 3

I would like to stress here that a lasting peace in the Chechen republic and so-called peace talks with the bandits are not the same thing, and I would ask everyone to make no mistake about that. Votes: 3

I would like to stress here that a lasting peace in the Chechen republic and so-called peace talks with the bandits are not the same thing, and I would ask everyone to make no mistake about that Votes: 3

Today's widespread relegation of religion to merely something people do only in the privacy of their homes or churches would have been unimaginable to the founders of the republic - even those who personally repudiated orthodox Christian faith. Votes: 3

I'm a conservative because I believe we're here on this earth to do a little more than crawl through life, comfortable in the cradle of government excess and oblivious to the duties required to keep this republic standing. Votes: 3

The State, every government whatever its form, character or color - be it absolute or constitutional, monarchy or republic, Fascist, Nazi or bolshevik - is by its very nature conservative, static, intolerant of change and opposed to it. Votes: 3

Turkey is immersed in a profound social and political conflict between secularists, who have been in power since the republic was founded, and an insurgent Islamic-based movement that seeks to increase the role of religion in public life. Votes: 3

Though I admire republican principles in theory, yet I am afraid the practice may be too perfect for human nature. We tried a republic last century, and it failed. Let our enemies try next. I hate political experiments. Votes: 3

In Plato's republic, poets were considered subversive, a danger to the republic. I kind of relish that role. So I see my present role as a gadfly, to use my soapbox to promote my various ideas and obsesions. Votes: 3

A monarchy is a merchantman which sails well, but will sometimes strike on a rock, and go to the bottom; a republic is a raft which will never sink, but then your feet are always in the water. Votes: 3

The republic I fell in love with, the republic I risked my life to defend, the values I hold dear, the integrity that we all share - these do not know prejudice and they do not accept partiality. Votes: 3

If this Government cannot get the adjustment, get manufacturing going again, and keep moderate wage outcomes and a sensible economic policy, then Australia is basically done for. We will end up being a third rate economy... a banana republic. Votes: 3

The safety of the republic being the supreme law, and Texas having offered us the key to the safety of our country from all foreign intrigues and diplomacy, I say accept the key... and bolt the door at once. Votes: 3

The U.S. has many vulnerable targets around Iran, and its bases are within the range of the Guards' missiles. We have other capabilities as well, particularly when it comes to the support of Muslims for the Islamic republic. Votes: 3

Our government is founded upon the intelligence of the people. I for one do not despair of the republic. I have great confidence in the virtue of the great majority of the people, and I cannot fear the result. Votes: 3

Our American heritage is threatened as much by our own indifference as it is by the most unscrupulous office or by the most powerful foreign threat. The future of this republic is in the hands of the American voter. Votes: 3

The earlier days of the republic went into the acquisition of money and the provision for material things is now finding an outlet in the espousal of art. Now America has the leisure and the culture to foster beauty. Votes: 3

Let there be great enthusiasm for the plan throughout the entire republic that will overcome all obstacles. Let us join together to realize the Five Year Plan and bring our economy and our own living standards to previously unknown heights. Votes: 3

In the forty years of the people's republic, some of the worst historical traits were preserved in our people. These included even the common characteristics developed in the economic reality of the time of partitions in the 17th and 18th centuries. Votes: 3

World War II made prosperous the United States, which had been undergoing a depression for a dozen years, and made very rich those magnates and their managers who govern the republic - with many a wink - in the people's name. Votes: 3

Ours is a representative republic with a Constitution in which is recognized the natural law and the natural rights of man. It is a republic with a spiritual foundation characterized by freedom - freedom for the individual and for his society. Votes: 3

The revolution must end and the republic must begin. In our constitution, right must take the place of duty, welfare that of virtue, and self-defense that of punishment. Everyone must be able to prevail and to live according to one's own nature. Votes: 3

Look, there is parliamentary democracy in most European countries, there is parliamentary democracy in Japan, there is parliamentary democracy in many countries, but in the United States, for some reason, the State is organized differently, there is quite a stringent presidential republic. Votes: 3

Egotism erects its center in itself; love places it out of itself in the axis of the universal whole. Love aims at unity, egotismat solitude. Love is the citizen ruler of a flourishing republic, egotism is a despot in a devastated creation. Votes: 3

Libertarian immigration policy would be an experiment in which I don't think we should participate. We should not bet the republic that the results will be good. I suspect the results would be a disaster and the end of the American experiment. Votes: 3

The ( Catholic ) church, as far as I know, has not endorsed any war as just since it supported General Franco 's invasion of Spain to destroy the Spanish republic with a Muslim mercenary army in the thirties, on the side of Hitler . Votes: 3

To the American people I bid a fond farewell. Guard your liberties. It is the trust of each generation to pass a free republic to the next. And if I know you right, you will rouse yourself from slumber to ensure exactly that. Votes: 3

A share in the sovereignty of the state, which is exercised by the citizens at large, in voting at elections is one of the most important rights of the subject, and in a republic ought to stand foremost in the estimation of the law. Votes: 3

If the popular thing to do is to say you have to ban flag burning, even if it ultimately means we're compromising a core principle of who we are as a republic, I don't think Donald Trump really thinks that that deeply into it. Votes: 3

Such questions have never been discussed in scholarly publications because the Nazi laws, policies, and practices have never been adequately documented. The record establishes that a well-meaning liberal republic would enact a gun control act that would later be highly useful to a dictatorship. Votes: 3

There are people working their butts off trying to save our republic and save democracy from the likes of powerful people in the Democrat Party who want to take this country and turn it into a personal little playground for their own private gain. Votes: 3

There are people working their butts off trying to save our republic and save democracy from the likes of powerful people in the Democrat Party who want to take this country and turn it into a personal little playground for their own private gain. Votes: 3

If there ever is to be a republic of every village in India, then I claim verity for my picture in which the last is equal to the first or, in other words, no one is to be the first and none the last. Votes: 3

I am one of those who do not believe that a national debt is a national blessing, but rather a curse to a republic; inasmuch as it is calculated to raise around the administration a moneyed aristocracy dangerous to the liberties of the country. Votes: 3

Marriage is treated by all civilized societies as a peculiar and favored contract. It is in its origin a contract of natural law . . . . It is the parent, and not the child of society; the source of civility and a sort of seminary of the republic. Votes: 3

Haiti is unique - the first successful slave revolt in history, the first black republic etc., and then when you get into the culture, the voodoo, and that wonderful synchretization of Christian and African belief and symbology, it's like nothing the world has ever seen. Votes: 3

I think we [Americans] are going to look back and realize that the civil liberties that we've given up in the name of security, the authority that we've given Democratic and Republican presidents, all have contributed to a fraying of the fabric of our democratic republic. Votes: 3

The era of big government is over, but the era of big challenge is not. We need an era of big citizenship. There are many important people at this summit, but the most important title is 'citizen.' This is our republic. Let us keep it! Votes: 3

Critics are a kind of freebooters in the republic of letters--who, like deer, goats and divers other graminivorous animals, gain subsistence by gorging upon buds and leaves of the young shrubs of the forest, thereby robbing them of their verdure, and retarding their progress to maturity. Votes: 3

Of course we have Queen Elizabeth as head of state, but in many ways we are a kind of republic. We don't have royals in Australia, so it was kind of unusual to run into those kind of people. But aside from that it was quite ordinary. Votes: 3

In the past I have defended the right of the IRA to engage in armed struggle. I did so because there was no alternative for those who would not bend the knee, or turn a blind eye to oppression, or for those who wanted a national republic. Votes: 3

Of course we have Queen Elizabeth as head of state, but in many ways we are a kind of republic. We don't have royals in Australia, so it was kind of unusual to run into those kind of people. But aside from that it was quite ordinary. Votes: 3

Most of what the founders knew about the Hebraic republic, it must be emphasized, they learned from the Bible. These Americans were well aware that ideas like republicanism found expression in traditions apart from the Hebrew experience, and, indeed, they studied these traditions both ancient and modern. Votes: 3

Were it not that it might require too long a discussion, it would not be difficult to demonstrate that a large and well-organized republic can scarcely lose its liberty from any other cause than that of anarchy, to which a contempt of the laws is the high-road. Votes: 3

We know that Obama wasn't vetted through the campaign, and now, you know, some things are coming home to roost, if you will, which is inexperience, his associations, and that ultimately harms our republic when a candidate isn't-isn't vetted by the media, that cornerstone of our democracy. Votes: 3

In matters of philosophy and science authority has ever been the great opponent of truth. A despotic calm is usually the triumph of error. In the republic of the sciences sedition and even anarchy are beneficial in the long run to the greatest happiness of the greatest number. Votes: 3

American poetry has been part of a culture in conflict....We are a people tending toward democracy at the level of hope; at another level, the economy of the nation, the empire of business within the republic, both include in their basic premise the idea of perpetual warfare Votes: 3

If you want to do what you want to do, you cannot work. So art is going to be finished, and this is the will of the Islamic republic: to not have any artists or art and close the doors of all the cinemas and music and everything. Votes: 3

History teaches us that the capacity of things to get worse is limitless. Roman history suggests that the short, happy life of the American republic may be coming to its end... the US will probably maintain a facade of constitutional government and drift along until financial bankruptcy overtakes it. Votes: 3

The true principle of a republic is that the people should choose whom they please to govern them. Representation is imperfect, in proportion as the current of popular favor is checked. The great source of free government, popular election, should be perfectly pure, and the most unbounded liberty allowed. Votes: 3

The Constitution remains brilliant in its overall design and sound with respect to the Bill of Rights and the separation of powers. But there are numerous archaic provisions that inhibit constructive change and adaptation. These constitutional bits affect the daily life of the republic and every citizen in it. Votes: 3

Freedom isn't free. It shouldn't be a bragging point that 'Oh, I don't get involved in politics,' as if that makes someone cleaner. No, that makes you derelict of duty in a republic. Liars and panderers in government would have a much harder time of it if so many people didn't insist on their right to remain ignorant and blindly agreeable. Votes: 3

At twenty every one is republican. Votes: 2

A Republic, if you can keep it. Votes: 2

Republicanism and ignorance are in bitter antagonism. Votes: 2

Republics end through luxury; monarchies through poverty. Votes: 2

This Republic was called into being, organized, and is upheld, by a great political doctrine. Votes: 2

As in Athens, the right to participate was restricted to men, just as it was also in all later democracies and republics until the twentieth century. Votes: 2

The Republican form of government is the highest form of government: but because of this it requires the highest type of human nature, a type nowhere at present existing. Votes: 2

Republicanism is not the phantom of a deluded imagination. On the contrary, laws, under no form of government, are better supported, liberty and property better secured, or happiness more effectually dispensed to mankind. Votes: 2

Let no vandalism of avarice or neglect, no ravages of time, testify to the present or to the coming generations, that we have forgotten, as a people, the cost of a free and undivided Republic. Votes: 2

Certainly Amadeus because it was a very powerful time for me, we filmed it in the Czech Republic at a time of lots of social and political change going on in that part of the world. Votes: 2

Making an Irishness to be proud of in a real Republic. It is the vision of a real Republic where life and language, where ideals and experience have the ring of authenticity which we need now as we go forward. Votes: 2

I have seen and drawn dying, poisoned worlds. I published a book of drawings called 'Death of Wood' about one such world, on the border between the Federal Republic of Germany and what was then still the German Democratic Republic. Votes: 2

Outside Independence Hall when the Constitutional Convention of 1787 ended, Mrs. Powel of Philadelphia asked Benjamin Franklin, "Well, Doctor, what have we got, a republic or a monarchy?" With no hesitation whatsoever, Franklin responded, "A republic, if you can keep it." Votes: 2

Republics are created by the virtue, public spirit, and intelligence of the citizens. They fall, when the wise are banished from the public councils, because they dare to be honest, and the profligate are rewarded, because they flatter the people, in order to betray them. Votes: 2

The Bible is the rock on which this Republic rests. Votes: 1

The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money. Votes: 1

A Republic without parties is a complete anomaly. The histories of all popular governments show absurd is the idea of their attempting to exist without parties. Votes: 1

Many instances of persecution and killing have occurred in countries with atrocious human rights records such as Sri Lanka, Guatemala and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Votes: 1

I have to confess I'm addicted to Sky Sports News. Just the music can pull me in. And then whether it's badminton in the Czech Republic, snail pushing or mole hopping, I'm hooked. Votes: 1

So as far as Serbia is concerned, it does not have the right to influence the privatization or to claim any property, because Kosovo is a former member of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Votes: 1

For this reason, the expansion of relations with all countries is on the agenda of the Islamic Republic of Iran. I mean balanced relationships, based on mutual respect and observation of each other's rights. Votes: 1

I thank you for your kind invitation to introduce me to the president of the Republic. Since I have not been out of my atelier for two months, I have no appropriate costume for this circumstance. Please excuse me. Votes: 1

Once you get to the Enlightenment, the way that powers get to be hyperpowers isn't just by conquest. It's through commerce and innovation. Societies like the Dutch Republic and the United States used tolerance to become a magnet for enterprising immigrants. Votes: 1

I helped purify Nicaragua for the international banking house of Brown Brothers in 1909-1912. I brought light to the Dominican Republic for American sugar interests in 1916. In China I helped to see to it that Standard Oil went its way unmolested. Votes: 1

I believe that the capital of the Republic of Albania is a suitable venue for discussing the dialogue among religions and civilizations, notably in the countries of South East Europe, because we are well familiar with this country's track record of religious tolerance. Votes: 1

Our Founding Fathers crafted a constitutional Republic for the first time in the history of the world because they were shaping a form of government that would not have the failures of a democracy in it, but had the representation of democracy in it. Votes: 1

My favorite vacation spot is a beautiful beach. I've been to many, many beaches on many continents: Mombasa, the Dominican Republic, the Bahamas, Bermuda, Barbados, Mexico and the U.S. What's beautiful about beach communities is for whatever reason, they feel like vacation to me. Votes: 1

Overcoming the Cold War required courage from the people of Central and Eastern Europe and what was then the German Democratic Republic, but it also required the steadfastness of Western partner over many decades when many had long lost hope of integration of the two Germanys and Europe. Votes: 1

We are on the precipice of a crisis, a Constitutional crisis. The checks and balances, which have been at the core of this Republic, are about to be evaporated by the nuclear option. The checks and balances that say if you get 51% of the vote, you don't get your way 100% of the time. It is amazing, it's almost a temper tantrum. Votes: 1

Tortured for the Republic. Votes: 0

The Republic of Texas is no more. Votes: 0

Republic. I like the sound of the word. Votes: 0

The Dominican Republic is my holy land, my Mecca. Votes: 0

Dominican Republic is, is prosperous, healthy, full of resorts, etcetera. Votes: 0

[The Bible] is the rock on which our Republic rests. Votes: 0

Our Republic and its press will rise or fall together. Votes: 0

The most ethical administration in the history of the Republic. Votes: 0

Reverend Jesse Jackson, President-for-Life of the People's Republic of Himself. Votes: 0

Twitter, Facebook and YouTube have to respect the Turkish Republic's laws Votes: 0

America cannot have an empire abroad and a Republic at home. Votes: 0

The weapon of the Republic is terror, and virtue is its strength Votes: 0

The Republic doesn't exist out here. We must survive on our own. Votes: 0

She's a legend. She's really huge in the Czech Republic. Everywhere, actually. Votes: 0

The Republic-of-China - back in the Olympic Games for the first time Votes: 0

The Czech Republic are coming from behind in more than one way now. Votes: 0

In the Islamic Republic the rights of the religious minorities are respectfully regarded. Votes: 0

Republic of the West, Enlightened, free, sublime, Unquestionably best Production of our time. Votes: 0

It's the Platonic philosophy in The Republic that philosophers should lead the country... Votes: 0

The Islamic State is dangerous, a nuclear-armed Islamic Republic is even more so. Votes: 0

The Republic of Technology where we will be living is a feedback world. Votes: 0

Living in the Islamic Republic is like having sex with someone you loathe. Votes: 0

I tell fundamentalists that there is no question of them attacking our Republic's foundations. Votes: 0

Legislation for the Caribbean basin has led to more jobs in the Dominican Republic. Votes: 0

The hopes of the Republic cannot forever tolerate either undeserved poverty or self-serving wealth. Votes: 0

[To the suggestion that Great Britain might someday want a Republic:] We'll go quietly. Votes: 0

Titles are abolished; and the American Republic swarms with men claiming and bearing them. Votes: 0

Let it be said: Loyalty to the New World Order is disloyalty to the Republic Votes: 0

But the Republic has its rules and it must not tolerate any abuse of them. Votes: 0

And then what?" said her daemon sleepily. "Build what?" "The Republic of Heaven," said Lyra. Votes: 0

The beginning of the decline of the Republic was the day they air-conditioned the Capitol. Votes: 0

The Donetsk People's Republic is the self-declared pro-Russian government that wants to break away from Ukraine. Votes: 0

I've been in love (truly) with five women, the Spanish Republic and the 4th Infantry Division. Votes: 0

What a joke! Poor little rich girl's fallen in love with the Republic's most famous criminal. Votes: 0

The German Reich is a Republic, and whoever doesn't believe it gets one in the neck. Votes: 0

Well, it's the Czech Republic now, but more specifically Prague. I went there when I was 12. Votes: 0

Let us pray for peace in Africa, especially in the Central African Republic and in South Sudan. Votes: 0

People can say what they want, but historically, feminism in the Dominican Republic has been extremely strong. Votes: 0

Nothing could be more dangerous to the existence of this Republic than to introduce religion into politics Votes: 0

I have not broken the laws of the United States or the laws of the Dominican Republic. Votes: 0

Literature is not a sack race. There aren't real winners and losers in the Republic of Letters. Votes: 0

When I was living in the Dominican Republic, the local kids became a part of my family. Votes: 0

The Islamic Republic is proud to be the target of the rage of the world's greatest Satan. Votes: 0

I learned to play (baseball) on the streets in the Dominican Republic when I was 8 yrs old. Votes: 0

For he (Cato) gives his opinion as if he were in Plato's Republic, not in Romulus' cesspool. Votes: 0

The president of the Arab Republic of Egypt is the commander of the armed forces, full stop. Votes: 0

We have to build the Republic of Heaven where we are, because for us, there is no elsewhere. Votes: 0

With people's revolutionary rage, the king will be ousted and a democratic state, Islamic Republic, will be established. Votes: 0

The failure of the Russian Socialist Republic will be the defeat of the proletariat of the whole world. Votes: 0

Training with the equipment and protocols at Athletic Republic really helped me improve my speed and first-step explosiveness. Votes: 0

While I was at Microsoft, the annual revenues grew larger than the GDP of the Republic of Ghana. Votes: 0

The aim of constitutional government is to preserve the Republic; that of revolutionary government is to lay its foundation. Votes: 0

Women are free in the Islamic Republic in the selection of their activities and their future and their clothing. Votes: 0

If the Coastal Republic had believed in the existence of virtue, it could at least have aspired to hypocrisy. Votes: 0

I may die, but the Republic of 1916 will never die. Onward to the Republic and liberation of our people. Votes: 0

I was reading Plato's 'The Republic' at age 18, and I can't account fully the electricity that had for me. Votes: 0

I am a believer, but I affirm that in public buildings the law of the Republic overrides religious rules. Votes: 0

It is the mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to erase Israel from the map of the region. Votes: 0

We hope never to live in a Republic where one section is pinned to the other section by bayonets. Votes: 0

The rise of the Dutch Republic must ever be regarded as one of the leading events of modern times. Votes: 0

Did John Brown fail? John Brown began the war that ended American slavery and made this a free Republic. Votes: 0

The power to mould the future of the Republic will be in the hands of the journalists of future generations. Votes: 0

The Republic is open and tolerant but also knows how and when to be firm and make its values respected. Votes: 0

The rapid rise of the People's Republic of China as a military and economic power is challenging the status quo. Votes: 0

As someone who grew up there, I say: The Chechen Republic must remain part of Russia. Everything else is negotiable. Votes: 0

Just about every Latin American country has sent players to the big leagues, from the Dominican Republic to Costa Rica. Votes: 0

My countrymen have commissioned a bust of the Republic. It will be placed on the fountain of my native town. Votes: 0

I have sacrificed for the Republic all that man holds dear - my wife, my children, my liberty, my life. Votes: 0

I was born in Panama, the Republic of Panama, on July 16, 1948 in Panama City, in an area called San Felipe. Votes: 0

It is illegal for the CIA to spy on Americans and an affront to our Republic to spy on the Senate. Votes: 0

The little words in the Republic of Letters, like the little folks in a nation, are the most useful and significant. Votes: 0

Who is this Renaissance? Where did he come from? Who gave him permission to cram the Republic with his execrable daubs? Votes: 0

In the formative days of the Republic, the directing influence the Bible exercised upon the fathers of the Nation is conspicuously evident... Votes: 0

I can't be calm when I drive through sections of Atlanta that look more like Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, than America. Votes: 0

I've lived in Paris. I've lived in the Slovak Republic. I've spent extensive time in England, and I've traveled all over Europe. Votes: 0

Consider: if you incorporate those tropical countries with the Republic of the United States, you will have to incorporate their people too. Votes: 0

Republic . . . it means people can live free, talk free, go or come, buy or sell, be drunk or sober, however they choose. Votes: 0

Memmius would only be useless to him for a short time, but that he would remain useless to himself and the Republic forever. Votes: 0

Corruption could lead to the collapse of the Party [Communist Party of China] and the downfall of the State [People's Republic of China]. Votes: 0

The principles and policy of these Presidents were marked by the most enlarged and comprehensive statesmanship, promoting the highest interests of the Republic. Votes: 0

Hong Kong has a reputation for freedom in spite of the People's Republic of China. It has a strong tradition of free speech. Votes: 0

Law And Freedom without Violence (Anarchy) Law And Violence without Freedom (Despotism) Violence without Freedom And Law (Barbarism) Violence with Freedom And Law (Republic) Votes: 0

In case Japan ventures to attack the Mongolian People's Republic, seeking to destroy its independence, we will have to assist the Mongolian People's Republic. Votes: 0

With the lessons taken from the financial crisis in 1997, the Republic of Korea has been able to surmount the global economic crisis rather successfully. Votes: 0

Our great modern Republic. May those who seek the blessings of its institutions and the protection of its flag remember the obligations they impose. Votes: 0

When Harvard University opened its doors in 1636, there were already well-established universities in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Mexico, and Peru. Votes: 0

Players from the Dominican Republic have a history of not playing well in cold weather.... The ball hurts their hands when they make contact. Votes: 0

It's important to show that, while authorizing the demonstrations and promoting diversity of opinion, the Republic can't allow itself to be undermined from within. Votes: 0

for PEOPLE to rule themselves in a REPUBLIC , they must have virtue;for a TYRANT to rule in a TYRANNY ,he must use FEAR. Votes: 0

What is the most sacred duty and the greatest source of our security in a Republic? An inviolable respect for the Constitution and Laws. Votes: 0

I do not consider the Lisbon Treaty to be a good thing for Europe, for the freedom of Europe, or for the Czech Republic. Votes: 0

We demand in the Reconstruction suffrage for all the citizens of the Republic. I would not talk of Negroes or women, but of citizens. Votes: 0

I represent New York, I represent the Bronx, I represent the Dominican Republic. And I always have that in mind with everything that I do. Votes: 0

I would SERIOUSLY consider moving to Texas if it would secede from the union and re-form as The Republic of Texas. It has that power. Votes: 0

The myth that John Locke was the philosopher behind the American Republic, is easily refuted by examining how Locke's philosophy steered Thomas Jefferson, for example. Votes: 0

Five to 10 years from now, if not sooner, the vast majority of 'The New Republic' readers are likely to be reading it on a tablet. Votes: 0

We conducted talks on border issues with our friends in the People's Republic of China for 40 years. There were also issues related to specific territories. Votes: 0

Might his last glance behold the glorious ensign of the Republic still full high advanced, its arms and trophies streaming in all their original lustre. Votes: 0

The American Republic was bound - is still bound - to follow in the centuries to come the same course to destruction as did Rome. Votes: 0

My parents are Dominican. I would always go to the Dominican Republic, and I fell in love with Bachata, which comes from the Dominican Republic. Votes: 0

The real menace of our Republic is the invisible Government which like a giant Octopus, sprawls its slimy legs over our cities, states, and nation. Votes: 0

The Republic may not give wealth or happiness, she has not promised these. It is the freedom to pursue these, not their realization, we can claim. Votes: 0

I believe it is my responsibility to do what I can for children and people with Down syndrome as well as in my native Dominican Republic. Votes: 0

That Plato's Republic should have been admired, on its political side, by decent people, is perhaps the most astonishing example of literary snobbery in all history. Votes: 0

The reason for having diplomatic relations is not to confer a compliment, but to secure a convenience. [On diplomatic recognition of the People's Republic of China] Votes: 0

I feel so out of place here. No matter how much money the Republic throws at me, I will forever be the boy from the streets. Votes: 0

I began my journalistic career on the day Ronald Reagan was sworn in. That's the day I showed up for work at 'The New Republic' magazine. Votes: 0

Joseph Kony is hiding somewhere in the Central African Republic. He is no longer a threat. We have already punished him. We provide our own safety. Votes: 0

It is our sacred duty to transmit unimpaired to our posterity the blessings of liberty which were bequeathed to us by the founders of the Republic. Votes: 0

I will make a prophecy that may now sound peculiar. In fifty years Lincoln's name will be inscribed close to Washington's on this Republic's roll of honor. Votes: 0

If the Zionist commit the folly and attack Iran, they will receive a crushing response from the Islamic Republic's armed forces which will lead to their annihilation. Votes: 0

The north of the Central African Republic is now a war zone, with rival armed bands burning villages, kidnapping children, robbing travelers and killing people with impunity. Votes: 0

In 'The Republic' he [Plato] states that the enjoyment of food is not a true pleasure because the purpose of eating is to relieve pain - hunger. Votes: 0

How great an evil do you see that may have been announced by you against the Republic? - Videtis quantum scelus contra rem publicam vobis nuntiatum sit? Votes: 0

REPUBLIC, n. A nation in which, the thing governing and the thing governed being the same, there is only a permitted authority to enforce an optional obedience. Votes: 0

Perhaps the great American Republic, whose interests lie in the Pacific and who has no hand in the spoliation of Africa, may someday dream of foreign possession. Votes: 0

The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia authorities face the complicated task of stabilising and reviving a devastated economy after years of regional conflicts, international isolation and economic mismanagement. Votes: 0

I take a step toward him and grin cheerfully. "With all due respect, I don't see the Republic tacking up wanted posters with your pretty face on them. Votes: 0

You're a sovereign as a citizen. If you're not involved in your government, you're not doing your job. In the long run that's very bad for the Republic. Votes: 0

I will maintain the presence of a Mexican Army, and the Navy and police in the states of the Mexican Republic, where the problem of crime has increased. Votes: 0

Certainly there was no just cause of complaint from the Northern States - no advantage was ever sought or obtained by them for their section of the Republic. Votes: 0

Well, I think they're going to learn that an awful lot of French people changed their minds. In 1940, the Third Republic had made a miserable mess of it. Votes: 0

In the Constitution of the American Republic there was a deliberate and very extensive and emphatic division of governmental power for the very purpose of preventing unbridled majority rule. Votes: 0

The myth that the founding of American Republic was based on the philosophy of John Locke could only have been maintained, because the history of Leibniz's influence was suppressed. Votes: 0

Democracy is not a Beloved Republic really, and never will be. But it is less hateful than other contemporary forms of government, and to that extent deserves our support. Votes: 0

In the Constitution of the American Republic there was a deliberate and very extensive and emphatic division of governmental power for the very purpose of preventing unbridled majority rule." Votes: 0

The International Brigades provided a shock force while the Republic trained and organized an army from an assemblage of individuals. The Spanish people knew they were not fighting alone. Votes: 0

In the circumstances in which the Republic finds itself, the constitution cannot be inaugurated; it would destroy itself ... The provisional government of France is revolutionary until there is peace. Votes: 0

The national will is the supreme law of the Republic, and on all subjects within the limits of his constitutional powers should be faithfully obeyed by the public servant. Votes: 0

Obama just came swiftly out of nowhere, which was a relief to those of us who care about the Republic, and at first he seemed a very good thing. Votes: 0

Indeed, it's futile to try and use Holy Scripture to support any political position. I deeply distrust anyone who does. Just look at what an Islamic Republic is like. Votes: 0

I pledged California to a Northern Republic and to a flag that should have no treacherous threads of cotton in its warp, and the audience came down in thunder. Votes: 0

It is the privilege and duty of the present generation to pass on to its successors, unimpaired, the heritage of liberty bequeathed to it by the founders of the Republic. Votes: 0

Haiti was a French colony, but in 1804, the slaves rose up and defeated the French and formed the Republic. For the last 200 years, Haiti has had a very unfortunate history. Votes: 0

The basic principle that we must follow in directing the armies of the Republic is this: that they must feed themselves on war at the expense of the enemy territory. Votes: 0

I think Chris Rock at the Oscars was a great example. I thought that was intellectually hilarious. The Gap starts a war with Banana Republic... That to me was funny. Votes: 0

The government of the German Democratic Republic rejects secret policies. It works for the people, and only the people, so it does not need to keep secrets like the warmongers. Votes: 0

Let's allow Poland and the Czech Republic to have that missile shield that they were entitled to by joining NATO. I think that's the right strategic response to Russian aggression. Votes: 0

As the world's finest democracy, we do not do guillotines. But there are other less bloody rituals of humiliation, designed to reassure the populace that order is restored, the Republic cleansed. Votes: 0

No single Tibetan dreaming return of previous sort of backwardness, therefore as far as economy development is concerned, Tibet remain within the People's Republic of China, we will get greater benefit. Votes: 0

If you remove the English army to-morrow and hoist the green flag over Dublin Castle, unless you set about the organisation of the Socialist Republic your efforts would be in vain. Votes: 0

I am Dominican American. My father was born and raised in the U.S. and his heritage is German and Eastern European, and my mother hails from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Votes: 0

As a president I will be like the candidate that I am, a respectful candidate, a rallying candidate, a normal candidate for a normal presidency, at the service of the Republic. Votes: 0

We have to be thankful to the Czechs that they did their duty. The Czech Republic won, I can't believe it. It was a huge party with all the people here. Votes: 0

Communism may be over as an economic system, but as a model of state domination, it is very much alive in the People's Republic of China and in Putin's police state. Votes: 0

I am pleased to inform you of the decision of the Government of the Republic of Iraq to allow the return of the United Nations weapons inspectors to Iraq without conditions. Votes: 0

Dr. Sun Yat-sen, Father of the Republic, made it his great aim in his revolutionary leadership to secure freedom and equality of status for China among the nations of the world. Votes: 0

The Spain of today looks at the Second Republic with great appreciation and above all with satisfaction and pride for what we have been able to do in this constitutional age". Votes: 0

Homosexuality is not a civil right. Its rise almost always is accompanied, as in the Weimar Republic, with a decay of society and a collapse of its basic cinder block, the family. Votes: 0

The Czech Republic is a dynamic United Nations Member State, active on the Human Rights Council, contributing to the peaceful settlement of disputes, and helping other countries to achieve a democratic transition. Votes: 0

For more than 220 years - from the 1620s to the 1840s - most American schooling was independent of government control, subsidy, and influence. From this educational freedom the American Republic was born. Votes: 0

For the first time since 1979, we are talking to the Islamic Republic of Iran. Obama says talking to him is probably pointless, but it's a hell of a relief from Mitch McConnell. Votes: 0

I certainly hoped that in the Eastern part of Germany, what was just beginning to be called the German Democratic Republic, you would develop a system of socialism with freedom and democracy. Votes: 0

Dan, I'm not a Republic serial villain. Do you seriously think I'd explain my master-stroke if there remained the slightest chance of you affecting its outcome? I did it thirty-five minutes ago. Votes: 0

The Republic of Macedonia is being built on democratic ideals and values, not on ethnic groups. Those ideals and values include economic opportunities, language and educational opportunities, religious rights, and political processes. Votes: 0

The anger in the Brigade against those who fought the Republic in the rear was sharpened by reports of weapons, even tanks, being kept from the front and hidden for treacherous purposes. Votes: 0

Mr. Speaker, in seeking to return to the United Nations, the Republic of China on Taiwan will once again ask diplomatic allies to present its case before the United Nations this fall. Votes: 0

The anger in the Brigade against those who fought the Republic in the rear was sharpened by reports of weapons, even tanks, being kept from the front and hidden for treacherous purposes. Votes: 0

We need a strong police force - the Interior Ministry of the Republic of Chechnya. We have to get rid of the traitors who have managed to penetrate into the law-enforcement department. Votes: 0

When we are deeply divided over important issues facing our country and the world, "In God We Trust" for the guidance and wisdom to do what's both right and necessary for our Republic. Votes: 0

We ought to deploy a missile defense shield to the Czech Republic and Poland, which Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama pulled back on out of not wanting to offend the Russians back in 2009. Votes: 0

Executive power is exercised by the President of the Governing Board who, with the title of President of the Republic of Chile, administers the state and is the Supreme Chief of the Nation. Votes: 0

The best way to help the Latino community is to give back. I love giving back; I'm quiet about God and what I do, but we do a lot in the Dominican Republic. Votes: 0

The Founders knew that a democracy would lead to some kind of tyranny. The term democracy appears in none of our Founding documents. Their vision for us was a Republic and limited government. Votes: 0

Democracy, Republic: What do these words signify? What have they changed in the world? Have men become better, more loyal, kinder? Are the people happier? All goes on as before, as always. Illusions, illusions Votes: 0

I asked Secretary [Robert] Gates, what did they get in return for giving up the nuclear shield of Poland and the Czech Republic? And you know what his answer was? Nada. They got nothing. Votes: 0

Almighty God: Our sons, pride of our Nation, this day have set upon a mighty endeavor, a struggle to preserve our Republic, our religion, and our civilization, and to set free a suffering humanity. Votes: 0

If President Bush is serious about genocide, an immediate priority is to stop the cancer of Darfur from spreading further, which means working with France to shore up Chad and the Central African Republic. Votes: 0

The American people likewise want to see enforcement first, no tricks, no triggers, no amnesty, enforcing existing laws and closing loopholes to reaffirm that our great Republic is, in fact, a nation of laws. Votes: 0

I hunted far enough to suspect that the Fathers of the Republic who wrote our Sacred Constitution of the United States not only did not, but did not want to, establish a democratic government. Votes: 0

The plan shows that the twenty million people in the German democratic Republic and in the democratic sector of Berlin think only of peace, and that they are working for freedom and peaceful prosperity. Votes: 0

It is in the American interest to put an end to Nationhood. That is the goal in global government. America must get out of the United Nations or our sovereign Republic will not survive. Votes: 0

... let us recall the well-known statement of a university professor in the Republic of the Massagetes: 'Not the faculty but His Excellency the General can properly determine the sum of two and two.' Votes: 0

The vote, cast in a free atmosphere and with all inclinations and parties at present, was after all a vote to the Islamic Republic, to national independence, to the Constitution and to the Islamic causes. Votes: 0

It might interest you that just as the U.S. was ramping up its involvement in Vietnam, LBJ launched an illegal invasion of the Dominican Republic (April 28, 1965). (Santo Domingo was Iraq before Iraq was Iraq.) Votes: 0

The majority of Taiwan people cannot accept Taiwan becoming a second Hong Kong, nor can we accept Taiwan becoming a local government of the People's Republic of China or a Special Administrative Region of China. Votes: 0

Generally it's not a good idea to wear Banana Republic - type khaki journalist clothes in a war zone. You might look too much like something that's supposed to be shot, such as a journalist. Votes: 0

The Republic needed to be passed through chastening, purifying fires of adversity and suffering: so these came and did their work and the verdure of a new national life springs greenly, luxuriantly, from their ashes. Votes: 0

National festivals should become festivals of development. Republic Day or Independence Day should not be only about unfurling the Tricolour in the state capitals. We have to make them opportunities of Lok Shikshan (Mass Education). Votes: 0

I was born in Texas and I lived there 'till I was 8. Then I moved to the Dominican Republic with my mom, lived there for two years and forgot every word of English I knew. Votes: 0