"You can build a throne with bayonets, but you can't sit on it for long."

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Source : "A Democracy of Despots" by Donald Murray, (p. 8), 1995.

Boris Yeltsin

#Leadership Quotes #Long Quotes #Thrones Quotes

“I'm still thinking and hoping there's an opportunity for people to have better lives and that significant change can occur.”

Source : "Tracy Chapman Comes Out of Her Shell / Publicity-shy singer-songwriter wants people to hear 'Telling Stories'" by Aidin Vaziri, www.sfgate.com. April 16, 2000.
“One finds life through conquering the fear of death within one's mind. Empty the mind of all forms of attachment, make a go-for-broke charge and conquer the opponent with one decisive slash.”
“He is an interesting player - short back legs.”
“The wheel of progress revolves relentlessly and all the nations of the world take their turn at the field-glass of human destiny. Africa will not retreat! Africa will not compromise! Africa will not relent! Africa will not equivocate! And she will be heard! Remember Africa!”
“There's only one thing money won't buy, and that is poverty.”
“The main purpose of science is simplicity and as we understand more things, everything is becoming simpler.”
“When I've seen an opportunity I haven't sat down and called a committee meeting, We've gone and done it.”
“And all people live, Not by reason of any care they have for themselves, But by the love for them that is in other people.”

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