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Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand: Love of glory...

Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand: Love of glory...

Love of glory can only create a great hero; contempt of glory creates a great man.

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Abigail Adams: Great necessities call...

Abigail Adams: Great necessities call...

Great necessities call out great virtues.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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William J Bennett: Government, obviously, cannot...

William J Bennett: Government, obviously, cannot...

Government, obviously, cannot fill a child's emotional needs. Nor can it fill his spiritual and moral needs....

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George P Shultz: I learned in...

George P Shultz: I learned in...

I learned in business that you had to be very careful when you told somebody that's working for you to do something,...

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Antonio Gramsci: [E]very action of...

Antonio Gramsci: [E]very action of...

[E]very action of ours is passed on to others according to its value, of good or evil, it passes from father to son,...

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Robert G Ingersoll: The greatest test...

Robert G Ingersoll: The greatest test...

The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.

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Dean Acheson: The first requirement...

Dean Acheson: The first requirement...

The first requirement of a statesman is that he be dull. This is not always easy to...

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Lena Horne: It's ill-becoming for...

Lena Horne: It's ill-becoming for...

It's ill-becoming for an old broad to sing about how bad she wants it. But occasionally we...

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Nat King Cole: I'm a businessman....

Nat King Cole: I'm a businessman....

I'm a businessman. I work for business people. The kind of thing they say is: Now we've sold a lot of records, let's...

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Frank Zappa: There are more...

Frank Zappa: There are more...

There are more love songs than anything else. If songs could make you do something we'd all love one...

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Bruce Springsteen: People deserve. ....

Bruce Springsteen: People deserve. ....

People deserve. . . the truth. They deserve honesty. The best music, you can seek some shelter in it momentarily, but...

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Svetlana Alliluyeva: God grants an...

Svetlana Alliluyeva: God grants an...

God grants an easy death only to the just.

Source: Twenty Letters to a Friend,...

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Haile Selassie: Observe that anyone...

Haile Selassie: Observe that anyone...

Observe that anyone who dies for his country is a fortunate man, but death takes what it wants, indiscriminately, in...

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David Ben-Gurion: The test of...

David Ben-Gurion: The test of...

The test of democracy is freedom of criticism.

Source: In 2,715 One-Line Quotations...

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Joseph Goebbels: It is the...

Joseph Goebbels: It is the...

It is the absolute right of the State to supervise the formation of public opinion.

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Corazon Aquino: One must be...

Corazon Aquino: One must be...

One must be frank to be relevant.

Source: Chiding UN for lack of support in...

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Martin Bormann: Education is a...

Martin Bormann: Education is a...

Education is a danger. . . . At best an eclucation which produces useful coolies for us is admissible. Every educated...

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Mary Robinson: I was elected...

Mary Robinson: I was elected...

I was elected by the women of Ireland, who instead of rocking the cradle, rocked the...

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Mary Robinson: A culture is...

Mary Robinson: A culture is...

A culture is not an abstract thing. It is a living, evolving process. The aim is to push beyond standard-setting and...

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Mary Robinson: In a society...

Mary Robinson: In a society...

In a society where the rights and potential of women are constrained, no man can be truly free. He may have power,...

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