Theocracies Throughout History Quotes & Sayings

Both were aware that wealth is a relative thing, and that the positively rich are not those who have the largest possessions but those who have the fewest vain or selfish desires to gratify. — Susan Ferrier

Sir, winning is usually a matter of making one less mistake than the enemy or just getting up one more time than you get knocked down. — Jack Campbell

Democracy has become Empire's euphemism for neo-liberal capitalism. — Arundhati Roy

There isn't a mayor in the world or a president in the world that can stop homicides. — Keith Hobbs

To set up what you like against what you dislike, this is the disease of the mind. — Sengcan

With opportunity the world is very interesting. — Beatrix Potter

When human beings are regarded as moral beings, sex, instead of being enthroned upon the summit, administering upon rights and responsibilities, sinks into insignificance and nothingness. My doctrine then is, that whatever it is morally right for man to do, it is morally right for woman to do. Our duties originate, not from difference of sex, but from the diversity of our relations in life, the various gifts and talents committed to our care, and the different eras in which we live. — Angelina Grimke

Listen to me. I did not wish to be summoned by your Princess. Summoned, I did not wish to come. But having been summoned, and having come, I mean to give a good account of myself. That's how I was taught by my father, and the men of his age who slew Kings and swept away not merely Governments but whole Systems of Thought, like Khans of the Mind. I would have my son in Boston know of my doings, and be proud of them, and carry my ways forward to another generation on another continent. Any opponent who does not know this about me, stands at a grave disadvantage; a disadvantage I am not above profiting from. — Neal Stephenson

Politics is no exact science. — Otto Von Bismarck

You could push people away, past their limits, even accidentally, and then it was just too late to get them back — Laura Moriarty

The unity of a great era is generally an illusion. — Harold Bloom

He would remember their kiss forever. She wouldn't recall him at all.' (Wulf) — Sherrilyn Kenyon

It's not something you can put your finger on, like height (though he's taller than me) or strength (though he's stronger than me), but there's something there. This power. Like being ordinary is just a mask he wears. — Alexis Hall

There's no greater or trustworthy companion than yourself — Aaron Ozee