“The moment politics becomes dull, democracy is in danger.”
Lord Hailsham (British lawyer and politician, 1907-2001)
“Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even
when there is no river.”
Nikita Khrushchev (Soviet Communist leader, 1894-1971)
“When you're abroad, you're a statesman; when you're at home, you 're just
a politician.”
Sir Harold MacMillan (British statesman and prime minister, 1894-1986)
Twist and shout, Kim
style North Korea's young leader Kim Jong-eun swayed and twisted his body 111 times during his 20-minute speech before tens of thousands of people in Pyongyang on Sunday. The young leader also did a pretty good job of imitating in voice and dress his grandfather and founder of the nation, Kim Il-sung, in a clear move to cement his dynastic credentials. - Kosuke Takahashi (Apr 16, '12) |
“Beliefs in inevitability of conflict will become a source of conflict.”Joseph
Nye (a speech at Keio University in 2010)
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“We need to live in a world where we do not define our success by someone
else's failure.”
Bill Clinton (Former U.S. President, 1946- )