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Political speech19 quotes
Ich bin ein Berliner. — John F. Kennedy · 1963I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. — Winston Churchill · 1939The world must be made safe for democracy. — Woodrow Wilson · 1917Outside the Kingdom of the Lord there is no nation which is greater than any other…God and history will remember your judgment. — Haile Selassie I · 1936In the field of world policy I would dedicate this Nation to the policy of the good neighbor—the neighbor who resolutely respects himself and, because he does so, respects the rights of others. — Franklin D. Roosevelt · 1933No nation is fit to sit in judgment upon any other nation. — Woodrow Wilson · 1915All 19 quotes →Political literature4 quotes
What we may be witnessing is not just the end of the Cold War but the end of history as such: that is, the end point of man's ideological evolution and the universalism of Western liberal democracy. — Francis Fukuyama · 1989Little do they know that they meet under an empty sky from which the gods have departed. — Hans Morgenthau · 1948The history of power politics is nothing but the history of international crime and mass murder. — Karl Popper · 1945His Majesty's Government view with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, and will use their best endeavors to facilitate the achievement of this object, it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done whech may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine, or the rights and political status enjoyed by Jews in any other country. — Arthur James Balfour · 1917Adventure novel1 quote
I asked Tom if countries always apologized when they had done wrong, and he says:
"Yes, the little ones does." — Mark Twain · 1894Papal encyclical1 quote
The social progress, order, security and peace of each country are necessarily connected with the social progress, order, security and peace of all other countries. — Pope John XXIII · 1963Philosophical literature1 quote
The history of power politics is nothing but the history of international crime and mass murder. — Karl Popper · 1945Religious literature1 quote
The social progress, order, security and peace of each country are necessarily connected with the social progress, order, security and peace of all other countries. — Pope John XXIII · 1963Spy1 quote
The hard part about playing chicken is knowing when to flinch. — Capt. Bart Mancuso · 1990Spy (film)1 quote
The hard part about playing chicken is knowing when to flinch. — Capt. Bart Mancuso · 1990Thriller1 quote
The hard part about playing chicken is knowing when to flinch. — Capt. Bart Mancuso · 1990Thriller (film)1 quote
The hard part about playing chicken is knowing when to flinch. — Capt. Bart Mancuso · 1990