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Quotes: 'Good words that enlighten the world'

"I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for, and see realised. But my lord, if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die"-Nelson Mandela. Photo: Uche Okeke.

"You ask, what is our aim?. I can answer in one word. It is victory!. Victory at all costs!. Victory in spite of all terrors. Victory, however long and hard the road may be, for without victory there is no survival"- Winston Churchill

"And I've seen the promised land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we , as a people, will get to the promised land. And I'm happy, tonight. I'm not worried about anything. I'm not fearing any man. Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord"- Martin Luther King.

"The real hero is the man who fights even though he is scared. The very idea of losing is hateful to an American"- Gen. S. Patton.

"Our country and all it's people have been embroiled in conflict, tension and violent struggle for decades. The time for negotiation has arrived"- F.W.de Clerk

"We need to teach young people that humanity needs you. We can tell them that you are born and you will die. And between these two positions, you must do something for others...I want to say children; nothing is impossible. Just try, you will manage. But don't expect it will be easy. No important thing has ever been easy"- Professor Adnane Remmal; Moroccan Biology Professor (iNews)

"Politics, the crooked timber of our communal lives, dominates everything because in the end everything high and low, most especially, high-lives or dies by politics...., get your politics wrong, however, and everything stands to be swept away"-Charles Krauthammer(Things That Matter).

"The worst thing a politician can do is promise something he cannot deliver"- Winston Churchill

"Success has many fathers but failure is an orphan"-John F. Kennedy.

"Government is not the solution to our problems, it's the problems"-Ronald Reagan

"Once the first generation gets the political essentials right, they remain intact to nurture the future"-John Adams.

"Get all your politics wrong, however, and everything stands to be swept away"-Charles Krauthammer.

"The notions we harbor of political men and women are a poor guide to reality"- Chris Matthews.

"People with deep knowledge of issues are overshadowed in public debate in favour of those with large followings on social media"-Dame Minouche Shafik, The New Director of The London School of Economics

"Scholars are not born with 'high skills', but acquire them over the cause of many years"- Peter Frankopan

"Men are by nature as much bound by the benefits they confer as by those they receive"- Niccolo Machiavelli

"The past gives you regrets, and the future uncertainties"-Arsene Wenger
"My never-ending struggle in this business is to release what is beautiful in man"-Aresene Wenger

"If the politician is present, in person, he can discover disorders in the bud and prevent them from developing; but if he is at a distance in some remote part, they come to him only by heresay and thus, when they are got to a head are commonly incurable"-Niccolo Machiavelli(1513)

"Never argue with a man whose job depends on not being convinced"-H.L.Mencken
"Injuries should be inflicted all at once, for the less they are tasted, the less they offend, while benefits should be granted little by little, so that they might be better enjoyed" Machiavelli

"The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled"-Plutarch

"An informed and reflective electorate, and a responsible fourth estate as a vehicle for distributing that information and providing a platform for debate and analysis is necessary for democracy to flourish"-Professor, A.C, Grayling

2 comments:

  1. "People with deep knowledge of issues are overshadowed in public debate in favour of those with large followings on social media"-Dame Minouche Shafik, The New Director of The London School of Economics

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  2. this is a must read for anyone interested in politics. Nice research work. Kudos....

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