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A leader is a dealer in hope.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Statesmanship

It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world.

George Washington

Statesmanship

I like to praise and reward loudly, to blame and punish softly.

Catherine the Great

Statesmanship

I am a pupil and I need to be taught.

Peter the Great

Statesmanship

The King is dead, long live the King!

Louis XIV

Statesmanship

I have no desire to make windows into men's souls.

Elizabeth I

Statesmanship

I think that when God wants to establish a kingdom, He makes it easy for the people to accept it.

Saladin

Statesmanship

I am the flail of God. If you had not committed great sins, God would not have sent a punishment like me upon you.

Genghis Khan

Statesmanship

By this sign, you shall conquer.

Constantine the Great

Statesmanship

I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble.

Augustus

Statesmanship

Experience is the teacher of all things.

Julius Caesar

Statesmanship

I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion.

Alexander the Great

Statesmanship

CRISPR-Cas9 has revolutionized the way we approach genetic engineering, offering precision that was once unimaginable.

Emmanuelle Charpentier

Biology

We are lovers of the beautiful, yet with economy, and we cultivate the mind without loss of manliness.

Pericles

Statesmanship

There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen.

Vladimir Lenin

Political Philosophy

There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law and in the name of justice.

Montesquieu

Political Philosophy

The central claim of the computational theory of mind is that thinking is a form of computation.

Zenon Pylyshyn

Cognitive Science

The brain is not a computer. It is a memory system that learns by making predictions.

Jeff Hawkins

Cognitive Science

The world is its own best model.

Rodney Brooks

Cognitive Science

The mind is not a passive receiver of information but an active constructor of its own reality.

Andy Clark

Cognitive Science