top of page

"Naturally our Government would not consent to such terms, and so the war had to proceed."

Christiaan Rudolf de Wet, South African Politician

Government, War, Southafrican

3

Create Your Own Wallpaper

Standard

Customized

"Naturally our Government would not consent to such terms, and so the war had to proceed."

Exlpore more Government quotes

"No American soldier should be allowed to set foot on Iranian soil, regardless of the criticism we have of the Iranian government."

Shirin Ebadi, Iranian Lawyer

Government, American, Criticism

"Of the various forms of government which have prevailed in the world, an hereditary monarchy seems to present the fairest scope for ridicule."

Edward Gibbon, English Historian

Government, Present, Ridicule, World

"The House is rooted in the principle of direct elections and is unique among all branches and bodies of the federal government as without exception, the people's voice."

Charles W. Pickering, American Judge

Government, People, Elections, Voice

"If government were a product, selling it would be illegal."

P. J. O'Rourke, American Comedian

Government, Selling

"The USA government states that the New Mexico Trinity nuclear bomb site is still highly radioactive and 'harmless'. It is interesting to note in the era of Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity (EHS) that it is USA government policy that radio frequency (RF) and electricity are also 'harmless'."

Steven Magee, British Author

Government, Deception, Health, Risk

"Government is a ruling structured thuggery."

Toba Beta, Indonesian Author

Government, Power, Truth, Today, Regret

"Government is an evil; it is only the thoughtlessness and vices of men that make it a necessary evil. When all men are good and wise, government will of itself decay."

Percy Bysshe Shelley, English Poet

Government, Men, Evil, Vices

"I don't mind what Congress does, as long as they don't do it in the streets and frighten the horses."

Victor Hugo, French Author

Government, Congress, Horses, Mind

"Our goal is not to crush the enemy at any price, but to make it realize that it is illegal to take up arms to overthrow a democratically elected government."

Jose Eduardo Dos Santos, Angolan Statesman

Government, Goal, Enemy

"Elections are held to delude the populace into believing that they are participating in government."

Gerald F. Lieberman, American Writer

Government, Elections

Explore more quotes by Christiaan Rudolf de Wet

"For myself, I believed that that 13th of March should see a fight to the finish, cost what it might! for if Bloemfontein was to be taken, it would only be over our dead bodies."

"These deserters were our undoing. I shall have a good deal more to say about them before I finally lay down my pen, and I shall not hesitate to call them by their true name, the name with which they will be for ever branded before all the nations of the world."

"The condition of the wounded touched my heart deeply."

"Naturally our Government would not consent to such terms, and so the war had to proceed."

bottom of page