"Kings govern by popular assemblies only when they cannot do without them."

-- Charles James Fox

#Kings Quotes #Assembly Quotes

“Strength, Courage, Mastery, and Honor are the alpha virtues of men all over the world. They are the fundamental virtues of men because without them, no 'higher' virtues can be entertained. You need to be alive to philosophize. You can add to these virtues and you can create rules and moral codes to govern them, but if you remove them from the equation altogether you aren't just leaving behind the virtues that are specific to men, you are abandoning the virtues that make civilization possible.”
“Although I am not a climatologist, it has been interesting to observe climatology from the point of view of an arctic scientist. In order for the field of climatology and IPCC to be healthy, I want to provide a few criticisms, which I hope are constructive."”
“I don't know what else I can say. I have never taken steroids. For people who think I took ***** intentionally, I'm never going to convince them. But I hope the voters judge my career fairly and don't look at one mistake.”
“Children are the keys of Paradise.They alone are good and wise, Because their thoughts, their very lives are prayer.”
“A youth of frolic, an old age of cards.”
“And don't forget, a prisoner's wife must always think good thoughts.”

Source : Nâzım Hikmet, Mutlu Konuk Blasing (1994). “Poems of Nazim Hikmet”
“Historically, it is quite doubtful whether Christ ever existed at all, and if He did we do not know anything about Him.”
“Weak minds make treaties with the passions they cannot overcome, and try to purchase happiness at the expense of principle; but the resolute will of a strong man scorns such means, and struggles nobly with his foe to achieve great deeds.”

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