"In matters of commerce the fault of the Dutch Is offering too little and asking too much. The French are with equal advantage content, So we clap on Dutch bottoms just twenty per cent."

Politics, Commerce, Content, Fault

39

Create Your Own Wallpaper

Standard

Customized

"In matters of commerce the fault of the Dutch Is offering too little and asking too much. The French are with equal advantage content, So we clap on Dutch bottoms just twenty per cent."

Exlpore more Politics quotes

"A politician . . . one that would circumvent God."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

Politics, Truth, Power, Wisdom

"On the other hand, the vast majority of all westernized countries, including every single European country along with Israel and Japan, do not offer birthright citizenship."

Nathan Deal, American Politician

Politics, Citizenship, Countries, Country, Israel

"You can become a politician and improve the institutions of power in your country."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Politics, Improvement, Country, Leadership

"The trouble with Nixon is that he's a serious politics junkie. He's totally hooked and like any other junkie, he's a bummer to have around, especially as President."

Hunter S. Thompson, American Journalist

Politics, Nixon, President, Trouble

"The habit of using ardent spirits by men in office has occasioned more injury to the public and more trouble to me than all other causes. Were I to commence my administration again the first question I would ask respecting a candidate for office would be Does he use ardent spirits?"

Thomas Jefferson, American President

Politics, Alcohol, Health, Responsibility

"No political body is sacred, sustainable or under protection, which allows the exploitation of its weakest citizens."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Politics, Truth, Regret, Power, Wisdom

"Earthquake means destruction; dictator means destruction! In the case of earthquake, you need a strong building; in the case of dictator, you need an educated rational mind, because an irrational ignorant mind always serves the dictator!"

Mehmet Murat ildan, Turkish Philosopher

Politics, Wisdom, Truth, Power, Regret

"National transformation is also attainable through the simple principle of Truth and Honesty."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Politics, National, Transformation, Truth, Honesty

"Thus, the controversy about the Moral Majority arises not only from its views, but from its name - which, in the minds of many, seems to imply that only one set of public policies is moral and only one majority can possibly be right."

Edward Kennedy, American Politician

Politics, Controversy, Majority, Name, Public

"The rich alone use imported articles, and on these alone the whole taxes of the General Government are levied...and its surplus applied to canals, roads, schools, etc., the farmer will see his government supported, his children educated, and the face of his country made a paradise by the contributions of the rich alone, without his being called on to spend a cent from his earnings."

Thomas Jefferson, American President

Politics, Government, Wealth, Fairness, Contribution

Explore more quotes by George Canning

"But of all plagues, good Heaven, thy wrath can send, Save me, oh, save me, from the candid friend!"

Heaven

"In matters of commerce the fault of the Dutch Is offering too little and asking too much. The French are with equal advantage content, So we clap on Dutch bottoms just twenty per cent."

Politics

39

Standard

Customized

Exlpore more Politics quotes

"A politician . . . one that would circumvent God."

"On the other hand, the vast majority of all westernized countries, including every single European country along with Israel and Japan, do not offer birthright citizenship."

"You can become a politician and improve the institutions of power in your country."

"The trouble with Nixon is that he's a serious politics junkie. He's totally hooked and like any other junkie, he's a bummer to have around, especially as President."

"The habit of using ardent spirits by men in office has occasioned more injury to the public and more trouble to me than all other causes. Were I to commence my administration again the first question I would ask respecting a candidate for office would be Does he use ardent spirits?"

"No political body is sacred, sustainable or under protection, which allows the exploitation of its weakest citizens."

"Earthquake means destruction; dictator means destruction! In the case of earthquake, you need a strong building; in the case of dictator, you need an educated rational mind, because an irrational ignorant mind always serves the dictator!"

"National transformation is also attainable through the simple principle of Truth and Honesty."

"Thus, the controversy about the Moral Majority arises not only from its views, but from its name - which, in the minds of many, seems to imply that only one set of public policies is moral and only one majority can possibly be right."

Explore more quotes by George Canning

"I can prove anything by statistics except the truth."

"A steady patriot of the world alone, The friend of every country but his own."

"I called the New World into existence, to redress the balance of the Old."

"Indecision and delays are the parents of failure."

"But of all plagues, good Heaven, thy wrath can send, Save me, oh, save me, from the candid friend!"

"In matters of commerce the fault of the Dutch Is offering too little and asking too much. The French are with equal advantage content, So we clap on Dutch bottoms just twenty per cent."