Quotes about pow
power government spy
It is an ambassador's duty to stand up for his nation's foreign policy in any era and under any government whatsoever. Ambassadors are, in the full meaning of the term, titled spies. Napoleon Bonaparte
powerful men views
Those who failed to oppose me, who readily agreed with me, accepted all my views, and yielded easily to my opinions, were those who did me the most injury, and were my worst enemies, because, by surrendering to me so easily, they encouraged me to go too far... I was then too powerful for any man, except myself, to injure me.
power law justice
Do not talk to me of goodness, of abstract justice, of nature law. Necessity is the highest law, public welfare is the highest justice.
powerful fear army
For today, we celebrate the first glorious anniversary of the Information Purification Directives. We have created, for the first time in all history, a garden of pure ideology. Where each worker may bloom secure from the pests of contradictory and confusing truths. Our Unification of Thought is more powerful a weapon than any fleet or army on earth. We are one people. With one will. One resolve. One cause. Our enemies shall talk themselves to death. And we will bury them with their own confusion. We shall prevail!
power political politics
A Constitution should be short and obscure.
power men should-have
A great Nation should have a fixed Government, so that the death of one man should not overturn it.
power should-have voice
For the stability of the Government, the people should have a considerable voice in the elections.
power judging majority
In a great nation, the majority are incapable of judging wisely of things.
power people sovereignty
The sovereignty of the people is inalienable.
power justice
There is no power without justice.
power development civilisation
A great European federative system alone can be favourable to the development of civilisation.
power passing-away speech
Speeches pass away, but acts remain.
powerful yield public-opinion
Public opinion is a mysterious and invisible power, to which everything must yield. There is nothing more fickle, more vague, or more powerful; yet capricious as it is, it is nevertheless much more often true, reasonable, and just, than we imagine.
power arrogant weakness
Nothing is more arrogant than the weakness which feels itself supported by power.
power likes
To negotiate is not to do as one likes.
power geography policy
The policies of all powers are inherent in their geography.
power chance combination
Pure politics is merely the calculus of combinations and of chances.
power law moral
Public morals are natural complement of all laws they are by themselves an entire code.
power world path
The first method is that of a schemer and leads only to mediocre results; the other method is the path of genius and changes the face of the world.
power order misunderstood
An order that can be misunderstood, will be misunderstood.
power justice
There is no strength without justice.
power overcoming obstacles
God has given me the will and the force to overcome all obstacles.
power men political
If fifty thousand men were to die for the good of the State, I certainly would weep for them, but political necessity comes before everything else.
power men personality
A man made for public life and authority never takes account of personalities; he only takes account of things, of their weight and their conseqences.
power political benches
A throne is only a bench covered with velvet.
power shapes incidents
International incidents must not be allowed to shape foreign policy, foreign policy must shape the incidents.
power europe empires
Europe is a molehill. All great empires and revolutions have been on the Orient; six hundred millions live there.
power common-sense common
High politic is only common sense applied to great things.
power hypocrisy politics
He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander.
power men hair
Great events ever depend but upon a single hair. The adroit man profits by everything, neglects nothing which can increase his chances; the less adroit, by sometimes disregarding a single chance, fails in everything.
power vienna
When you set out to take Vienna, take Vienna.
power politics public-opinion
Public opinion is the thermometer a monarch should constantly consult.
power men great-men
Great men are never cruel without necessity.