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Quotes by Statesman

"Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These are fearful odds."

"Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These are fearful odds."

Benjamin Disraeli, British Statesman

Success, Man, May, Succeed

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"Passion without purpose is like a shot without a target."

"Passion without purpose is like a shot without a target."

Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha, Japanese Statesman

Purpose, Passion, Focus, Drive

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"If the people are happy, united, wealthy, and powerful, we presume the rest. We conclude that to be good from whence good is derived."

"If the people are happy, united, wealthy, and powerful, we presume the rest. We conclude that to be good from whence good is derived."

Edmund Burke, Irish Statesman

People, Rest, United

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"We are all worms but I do believe that I am a glow-worm."

"We are all worms but I do believe that I am a glow-worm."

Winston Churchill, English Statesman

Identity, Humor, Self, Individual, Truth

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"All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent."

"All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent."

Edmund Burke, Irish Statesman

Politics, Tyranny, Silence, Conscience, Ethics

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"Dictators ride to and fro on tigers from which they dare not dismount. And the tigers are getting hungry."

"Dictators ride to and fro on tigers from which they dare not dismount. And the tigers are getting hungry."

Winston Churchill, English Statesman

Politics, Power, Control, Danger, Authority

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"Protect the future by living and fulfilling your God-given dreams."

"Protect the future by living and fulfilling your God-given dreams."

Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha, Japanese Statesman

Future, Dream, Faith, Destiny

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"Healthy curiosity is a great key in innovation."

"Healthy curiosity is a great key in innovation."

Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha, Japanese Statesman

Innovation, Curiosity, Discovery, Learning

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"I never deny. I never contradict. I sometimes forget."

"I never deny. I never contradict. I sometimes forget."

Benjamin Disraeli, British Statesman

Humility, Forget

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"Fear makes us feel our humanity."

"Fear makes us feel our humanity."

Benjamin Disraeli, British Statesman

Courage, Fear, Humanity

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"Our strength lies not just in numbers but in the unity of purpose, fueled by the discipline to strive for a better tomorrow."

"Our strength lies not just in numbers but in the unity of purpose, fueled by the discipline to strive for a better tomorrow."

Sardar Patel, Indian Statesman

Leadership, Unity, Discipline, Strength

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"The POSITIVE THINKER sees the INVISIBLE, feels the INTANGIBLE, and achieves the IMPOSSIBLE."

"The POSITIVE THINKER sees the INVISIBLE, feels the INTANGIBLE, and achieves the IMPOSSIBLE."

Winston Churchill, English Statesman

Motivation, Positivity, Achievement, Imagination, Faith

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"Nobility is a graceful ornament to the civil order. It is the Corinthian capital of polished society."

"Nobility is a graceful ornament to the civil order. It is the Corinthian capital of polished society."

Edmund Burke, Irish Statesman

Society, Nobility, Order

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"Romance has been elegantly defined as the offspring of fiction and love."

"Romance has been elegantly defined as the offspring of fiction and love."

Benjamin Disraeli, British Statesman

Romance, Fiction, Love, Emotion

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"You make all kinds of mistakes, but as long as you are generous and true and also fierce, you cannot hurt the world or even seriously distress her."

"You make all kinds of mistakes, but as long as you are generous and true and also fierce, you cannot hurt the world or even seriously distress her."

Winston Churchill, English Statesman

Ethics, Generosity, Kindness, Truth, Integrity

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"What ever disunites man from God, also disunites man from man."

"What ever disunites man from God, also disunites man from man."

Edmund Burke, Irish Statesman

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"Four or five frigates will do the business without any military force."

"Four or five frigates will do the business without any military force."

Lord North, British Statesman

Business, Force, Military, Will

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"A good leader can engage in a debate frankly and thoroughly, knowing that at the end he and the other side must be closer, and thus emerge stronger. You don't have that idea when you are arrogant, superficial, and uninformed."

"A good leader can engage in a debate frankly and thoroughly, knowing that at the end he and the other side must be closer, and thus emerge stronger. You don't have that idea when you are arrogant, superficial, and uninformed."

Nelson Mandela, South African Statesman

Leadership, Debate, Strength, Respect

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"The power of an air force is terrific when there is nothing to oppose it."

"The power of an air force is terrific when there is nothing to oppose it."

Winston Churchill, English Statesman

War, Power, Force, Nothing

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"An ignorant man, who is not fool enough to meddle with his clock, is however sufficiently confident to think he can safely take to pieces, and put together at his pleasure, a moral machine of another guise, importance and complexity, composed of far other wheels, and springs, and balances, and counteracting and co-operating powers. Men little think how immorally they act in rashly meddling with what they do not understand. Their delusive good intention is no sort of excuse for their presumption. They who truly mean well must be fearful of acting ill."

"An ignorant man, who is not fool enough to meddle with his clock, is however sufficiently confident to think he can safely take to pieces, and put together at his pleasure, a moral machine of another guise, importance and complexity, composed of far other wheels, and springs, and balances, and counteracting and co-operating powers. Men little think how immorally they act in rashly meddling with what they do not understand. Their delusive good intention is no sort of excuse for their presumption. They who truly mean well must be fearful of acting ill."

Edmund Burke, Irish Statesman

Ethics, Ignorance, Morality, Responsibility, Action

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"Precepts or maxims are of great weight; and a few useful ones on hand do more to produce a happy life than the volumes we can't find."

"Precepts or maxims are of great weight; and a few useful ones on hand do more to produce a happy life than the volumes we can't find."

Seneca, Roman Philosopher

Life, Maxims, Weight

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"It is, generally, in the season of prosperity that men discover their real temper, principles, and designs."

"It is, generally, in the season of prosperity that men discover their real temper, principles, and designs."

Edmund Burke, Irish Statesman

Man, Men, Principles, Prosperity, Temper

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"Under the pressure of the cares and sorrows of our mortal condition, men have at all times, and in all countries, called in some physical aid to their moral consolations - wine, beer, opium, brandy, or tobacco."

"Under the pressure of the cares and sorrows of our mortal condition, men have at all times, and in all countries, called in some physical aid to their moral consolations - wine, beer, opium, brandy, or tobacco."

Edmund Burke, Irish Statesman

Man, Men, Beer, Countries, Opium

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"Nature, like man, sometimes weeps from gladness."

"Nature, like man, sometimes weeps from gladness."

Benjamin Disraeli, British Statesman

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"The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity."

"The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity."

Seneca, Roman Philosopher

Adversity, Man, Sight, World

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"Religion is not removed by removing superstition."

"Religion is not removed by removing superstition."

Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman Statesman

Religion, Superstition, Observation, Truth

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"If wealth is a magnet, poverty is a kind of repellent."

"If wealth is a magnet, poverty is a kind of repellent."

Nelson Mandela, South African Statesman

Economics, Wealth, Poverty, Contrast, Attraction

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"Terminological inexactitude."

"Terminological inexactitude."

Winston Churchill, English Statesman

Communication, Truth, Language, Precision, Critique

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"Until our education system is repositioned to take care of the tripartite nature of a human being - head, heart and hand, we cannot make healthy progress as a nation or individuals."

"Until our education system is repositioned to take care of the tripartite nature of a human being - head, heart and hand, we cannot make healthy progress as a nation or individuals."

Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha, Japanese Statesman

Education, Progress, Development, Future

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"I never admire another's fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own."

"I never admire another's fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own."

Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman Statesman

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"Politics is almost as exciting as war, and quite as dangerous. In war you can only be killed once, but in politics many times."

"Politics is almost as exciting as war, and quite as dangerous. In war you can only be killed once, but in politics many times."

Winston Churchill, English Statesman

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"Freedom is a precious gift, and its preservation demands eternal vigilance."

"Freedom is a precious gift, and its preservation demands eternal vigilance."

Sardar Patel, Indian Statesman

Freedom, Vigilance, Protection, Sacrifice

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"One can take the path of revolution but the revolution should not give a shock to the society. There is no place for violence in revolution."

"One can take the path of revolution but the revolution should not give a shock to the society. There is no place for violence in revolution."

Sardar Patel, Indian Statesman

Revolution, Non-violence, Peace, Social Change

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"If you cannot read all your books, at any rate handle, or as it were, fondle them " peer into them, let them fall open where they will, read from the first sentence that arrests the eye, set them back on the shelves with your own hands, arrange them on your own plan so that if you do not know what is in them, you at least know where they are. Let them be your friends; let them at any rate be your acquaintances. If they cannot enter the circle of your life, do not deny them at least a nod of recognition."

"If you cannot read all your books, at any rate handle, or as it were, fondle them " peer into them, let them fall open where they will, read from the first sentence that arrests the eye, set them back on the shelves with your own hands, arrange them on your own plan so that if you do not know what is in them, you at least know where they are. Let them be your friends; let them at any rate be your acquaintances. If they cannot enter the circle of your life, do not deny them at least a nod of recognition."

Winston Churchill, English Statesman

Literature, Books, Knowledge, Awareness, Exploration

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"There is no grief which time does not lessen and soften."

"There is no grief which time does not lessen and soften."

Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman Statesman

Grief, Time, Healing, Loss

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"But what minutes! Count them by sensation, and not by calendars, and each moment is a day."

"But what minutes! Count them by sensation, and not by calendars, and each moment is a day."

Benjamin Disraeli, British Statesman

Time, Experience, Sensation, Moment

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"A lady came up to me one day and said 'Sir! You are drunk', to which I replied 'I am drunk today madam, and tomorrow I shall be sober but you will still be ugly."

"A lady came up to me one day and said 'Sir! You are drunk', to which I replied 'I am drunk today madam, and tomorrow I shall be sober but you will still be ugly."

Winston Churchill, English Statesman

Humor, Observation, Reality, Life

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"History is the preceptor of prudence, not principles."

"History is the preceptor of prudence, not principles."

Edmund Burke, Irish Statesman

Education, History, Prudence, Learning, Observation

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"A precedent embalms a principle."

"A precedent embalms a principle."

Benjamin Disraeli, British Statesman

Philosophy, Justice, Tradition, Principle, Law

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"Purpose stirs creativity, without purpose you life will be in abnormal use(abuse)."

"Purpose stirs creativity, without purpose you life will be in abnormal use(abuse)."

Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha, Japanese Statesman

Purpose, Creativity, Life, Meaning

13

"If we unite, we can surmount any mountain and make things happen for the betterment of all."

"If we unite, we can surmount any mountain and make things happen for the betterment of all."

Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha, Japanese Statesman

Unity, Strength, Change, Progress

13

"No one could ever meet death for his country without the hope of immortality."

"No one could ever meet death for his country without the hope of immortality."

Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman Statesman

Heroism, Sacrifice, Honor, Immortality, Patriotism

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"The truth may make you bitter, but it must make you better."

"The truth may make you bitter, but it must make you better."

Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha, Japanese Statesman

Truth, Bitterness, Improvement, Wisdom

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"Every sin is the result of a collaboration."

"Every sin is the result of a collaboration."

Seneca, Roman Philosopher

Crime, Collaboration, Result, Sin

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"A conscientious man would be cautious how he dealt in blood."

"A conscientious man would be cautious how he dealt in blood."

Edmund Burke, Irish Statesman

Ethics, Caution, Responsibility, Life

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"Wisdom allows nothing to be good that will not be so forever; no man to be happy but he that needs no other happiness than what he has within himself; no man to be great or powerful that is not master of himself."

"Wisdom allows nothing to be good that will not be so forever; no man to be happy but he that needs no other happiness than what he has within himself; no man to be great or powerful that is not master of himself."

Seneca, Roman Philosopher

Happiness, Wisdom, Man, Needs

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"A joke is a very serious thing."

"A joke is a very serious thing."

Winston Churchill, English Statesman

Humor, Seriousness, Truth, Observation

13

"I am sure that in Canada the people appreciate this principle, and the general intelligence which prevails over that country is such that I am sure there is no danger of a reactionary policy ever finding a response in the hearts of any considerable number of our people."

"I am sure that in Canada the people appreciate this principle, and the general intelligence which prevails over that country is such that I am sure there is no danger of a reactionary policy ever finding a response in the hearts of any considerable number of our people."

Alexander Mackenzie, Canadian Statesman

Intelligence, People, Policy, Canada

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"That long (Canadian) frontier from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean guarded only by neighbourly respect and honourable obligations as an example to every country and a pattern for the future of the world."

"That long (Canadian) frontier from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean guarded only by neighbourly respect and honourable obligations as an example to every country and a pattern for the future of the world."

Winston Churchill, English Statesman

History, Respect, Example, Peace

13

"Two nations between whom there is no intercourse and no sympathy; who are as ignorant of each other's habits, thoughts, and feelings, as if they were dwellers in different zones, or inhabitants of different planets. The rich and the poor."

"Two nations between whom there is no intercourse and no sympathy; who are as ignorant of each other's habits, thoughts, and feelings, as if they were dwellers in different zones, or inhabitants of different planets. The rich and the poor."

Benjamin Disraeli, British Statesman

Society, Sympathy, Feelings, Thoughts, Habits

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