"When I'm not a politician, I'll be dead."

-- Barry Goldwater

#Politician Quotes

“Certain I am, that Christian Religion does no where allow Rebellion.”

Source : Mary Astell, Patricia Springborg (1996). “Astell: Political Writings”, p.169, Cambridge University Press
“America is the land of the second chance - and when the gates of the prison open, the path ahead should lead to a better life.”
“I had no answer to those questions, only hope. With absolutely no one to turn to, no Mikey, no Axe, no Danny, I have to face the final battle by myself, maybe lonely, maybe desolate, maybe against formidable odds. But I was not giving up. I had only one Teammate. And He moved, as ever, in mysterious ways. But I was a Christian, and He had somehow saved me from a thousand AK-47 bullets on that day. No one had shot me, which was well nigh beyond all comprehension.”
“You are a sweet man." -"God, there it is." He flopped back on the bed, as if shot through the heart. "Repeat that to anyone, and I will have you brought up on charges of slander." "I wouldn't dream of telling a soul.”

Source : Tessa Dare (2010). “One Dance with a Duke”, p.299, Ballantine Books
“I keep thinking I'm a grown up, but I'm not.”
“I saw a lot of haute couture all my childhood, and without knowing it I've learned from when I was a child to recognise beautiful fabrics.”
“We may say that feelings have two kinds of intensity. One is the intensity of the feeling itself, by which loud sounds are distinguished from faint ones, luminous colors from dark ones, highly chromatic colors from almost neutral tints, etc. The other is the intensity of consciousness that lays hold of the feeling, which makes the ticking of a watch actually heard infinitely more vivid than a cannon shot remembered to have been heard a few minutes ago.”
“Reach for the heavens, and hope for the future, and all that will be, not what we are.”

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