Power & Society Sayings

508 sayings found from 508 authors

The United Nations is nothing more than a Masonic-Communist plot.

— Francisco Franco 1950s
Political

Time is a sword; if you do not cut it, it will cut you.

— Avicenna (Ibn Sina) 11th century
War & Conflict

The rule for solving equations is to balance them.

— Al-Khwarizmi 830
Power & Leadership

There are four chief obstacles to grasping truth: authority, habit, popular opinion, and the concealment of ignorance.

— Roger Bacon 1267
Power & Leadership

Islam is politics or it is nothing.

— Ayatollah Khomeini 1970s
Political

I am a soldier, and I will die as a soldier.

— Yasser Arafat 2002
War & Conflict

We didn't come here to live in peace. We came here to conquer.

— David Ben-Gurion N/A (alleged)
War & Conflict

There are no more worlds to conquer!

— Alexander the Great 326 BCE
War & Conflict

We have always said that in our war with the Arabs we had a secret weapon — no alternative.

— Golda Meir 1969
War & Conflict

To get rich is glorious.

— Deng Xiaoping 1980s
Money & Business

May I be privileged to build firm and lasting foundations for the Government of Rome.

— Augustus Caesar 14 CE
Political

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

— Napoleon Bonaparte
War & Conflict

I regret the outbreak of the war and the suffering it caused. I wish that such a thing had not happened.

— Emperor Hirohito Post-war
War & Conflict

Ignorance is the greatest enemy of progress.

— Haile Selassie Various
War & Conflict

A friend is nothing but a known enemy.

— Kurt Cobain Unknown
War & Conflict

We prefer self-government with danger to servitude in tranquility.

— Kwame Nkrumah 1956
Political

We are not afraid of freedom. We are not afraid of liberty. We are not afraid of independence.

— Patrice Lumumba 1958
Justice & Rights

We are fighting for our land, not for the white man's land. The land belongs to us.

— Robert Mugabe 2000
War & Conflict

I am a communist, a convinced communist. For some, this may be a fantasy. But for me, it is my main goal.

— Mikhail Gorbachev 1990
Political

I am not going to be a puppet of anyone. I will be an independent leader.

— Boris Yeltsin 1991
Power & Leadership
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