For 60 years, my country, the United States, pursued stability at the expense of democracy in this region, here in the Middle East, and we achieved neither.
Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred.
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Unknown
It comes from a very ancient democracy, you see.."" You mean, it comes from a world of lizards?"" No, " said Ford, who by this time was a little more rational and coherent than he had been, having finally had the coffee forced down him,...
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Douglas Adams
Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance. No one in this world, so far as I know–and I have researched the records for years, and employed agents to help me–has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great...
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H.l. Mencken
The first duty of a man is to think for himself
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Unknown
You show me a capitalist, and I'll show you a bloodsucker
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Malcolm X
More Quotes By Condoleezza Rice
Power is nothing unless you can turn it into influence.
For 60 years, my country, the United States, pursued stability at the expense of democracy in this region, here in the Middle East, and we achieved neither.
People may oppose you, but when they realize you can hurt them, they'll join your side.
The essence of America — that which really unites us – is not ethnicity, or nationality or religion — it is an idea – and what an idea it is: That you can come from humble circumstances and do great things. That it doesn’t matter...
Foreign policy simply cannot be judged by today's headlines that chalk up victories and defeats like so many box scores in the sports sections.
