#politic

To oppose something is to maintain it... You must go somewhere else; you must have another goal; then you walk a different road. ↗

— Ursula K. Le Guin

#political #inspirational

John Glenn craved the publicity. I think even John would admit that. When he went into politics, that became pretty obvious! He knew how to do public relations. ↗

— Wally Schirra

#became #craved #even #glenn #how

My mom and dad refused to believe that people who had grown up together in peace and friendship, had gone to the same schools, spoken the same language, and listened to the same music, could overnight be blinded by ethnic hatred and start to brutally kill one another. They simply didn't accept as true that less than two years of a multiparty system and competition for power could poison people's brains so much. ↗

— Savo Heleta

#friendship #peace #politics #power #war

Politics would be a helluva good business if it weren't for the goddamned people. ↗

— Richard M. Nixon

#goddamned #good #helluva #people #politics

We believe that to govern perfectly it is necessary to avoid governing too much. ↗

— James Hilton

#political #inspirational

Israeli Arabs have more political rights than any other Arabs in the Middle East, including their compatriots in the Palestinian Authority. ↗

— Jack Schwartz

#arabs #authority #compatriots #east #including

...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

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

Intelligence is power; it is the flame behind the spark of intrigue ↗

— Tobsha Learner

#politics #power #intelligence

There are Seven Deadly Social Sins: Politics without principle. Wealth without work. Commerce without morality. Pleasure without conscience. Education without character. Science without humility. Worship without sacrifice. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#deadly-sins #education #gandhi #pleasure #politics