"It took us in this country 11 years to get from the Declaration of Independence to the Constitution."

-- Mitch McConnell

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“Historical explanation is not identical with moral judgment.”

Source : "Democracy Ancient And Modern". Book by Moses Finley (Second Edition). Chapter 3, Democracy, Consensus and National Interest, p. 96, 1985.
“There are several reasons why Russians view the oppressive state positively. First, in the Russian Orthodox religion, there is an understanding of authority as something sent by God.”
“Don't think that the lack of leaders and of a party ideological line means anarchy, if by anarchy you mean chaos, bedlam, and pandemonium. What a tragic lack of political imagination to think that leaders and centralized structures are the only way to organize effective political projects!”
“Alas, our rulers are not gods, but puny, fallible men, like the kings who constantly forget their parts, and we common men should be their prompters.”
“I was born serious and I have earned my bread making other people laugh.”
“I established relationships with so many of those Iran students that went on for years.And they were so different from American students. They seemed to worship their teachers. The professors were major to them. They wanted to give gifts, and you'd have to say, oh, no, no, you can't do that.”

Source : Source: www.aaa.si.edu
“The power of the word in Morocco belonged to men and to the authorities. No one asked the point of view of poor people or women.”
“Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.”

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