#pol

He always applied all his means, all his faculties, all his attention to the action or discussion of the moment, into everything he put passion. Hence the enormous advantage he had over his adversaries, for few people are entirely absorbed by one thought, or one action at one moment. ↗

— Caulaincourt on Napoleon

#inspiration #napoleon-boneparte #passion #thought #inspirational

...the Palestinian Arabs' obsession with the Jews and rejection of all political compromise was inspired by Islamic teachings as well as by European fascism. ↗

— Sol Stern

#jewish #middle-east #political #inspirational

You are not Flesh & Blood – You are the Master of It” - Drø the Finder – ↗

— H.D. Rennerfeldt

#inspirational #spiritual #inspirational

Política não é apenas ideal, é caminho para se aproximar do ideal ↗

— Fernando Henrique Cardoso

#politics #inspirational

If more politicians in this country were thinking about the next generation instead of the next election, it might be better for the United States and the world. ↗

— Claude Pepper

#better #country #election #generation #instead

Hay que ser duro pero jamas perder la ternura. [It is necessary to be hard but never to lose the tenderness] ↗

— Ernesto Guevara

#historyofpower #inspirational #politics #inspirational

I crave you, mi amor. More than I ever thought a man should a woman. Just when I think I can make it on my own, you say these things that call me home to you. I want to leave, I want to run and never look back, and I'm terrified. Terrified of the feelings that control me and the moments where I simply can't exist without you in my arms. I deserve a second chance. We deserve a second chance. ↗

— Nadège Richards

#craving #existing #friendships #life #love

I'm a member of the Pacific Council on International Policy. ↗

— Howard Gordon

#i #international #member #national policy #pacific

Senses of humor define people, as factions, deeper rooted than religious or political opinions. When carrying out everyday tasks, opinions are rather easy to set aside, but those whom a person shares a sense of humor with are his closest friends. They are always there to make the biggest influence. ↗

— Criss Jami

#beliefs #best-friends #brain #daily #daily-life

Civilization, in fact, grows more maudlin and hysterical; especially under democracy it tends to degenerate into a mere combat of crazes; the whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary. Wars are no longer waged by the will of superior men, capable of judging dispassionately and intelligently the causes behind them and the effects flowing out of them. The are now begun by first throwing a mob into a panic; they are ended only when it has spent its ferine fury. ↗

— H.L. Mencken

#intelligence