"God give us men. The time demands
Strong minds, great hearts, true faith, and willing hands;
Men whom the lust of office does not kill;
Men whom the spoils of office cannot buy;
Men who possess opinions and a will;
Men who have honor; men who will not lie.
Men who can stand before a demagogue
And dam his treacherous flatteries without winking;
Tall men, sun-browned, who live above the fog
In public duty and in private thinking."
~J.G. Holland
“A certain person may be elected by the public on the basis of his merit and ideals – but rarely is this person able to formulate policy." ~Vladimir Putin, President of Russia
"A constitution is the property of a nation, and not those who exercise government." ~Albert B. Paine
"A developed country is not where the poor have cars. It is where the rich use public transportation." ~Gustav Petro, Mayor of Bogota, Colombia (via Mark Lopez)
"A government powerful enough to give you everything you want is powerful enough to take away everything you have. That includes life itself." ~Old Adage
"A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing." ~Alexander Hamilton
"A nation must respect other nations and adhere to common rules for the world. The gap between elites and their peoples are a major factor in today's problems, but not the only one, of course." ~Putin, President of Russia
(Source: PUTIN: There's a reason Donald Trump 'behaves extravagantly' by Natasha Bertrand | Business Insider – Fri, Oct 28, 2016)
"A people that elect corrupt politicians are not victims … but accomplices." ~George Orwell
"A single bee is ignored. But when millions come together, even the bravest run in fear.... The one thing the government fears is the day we stand together." ~Anon
"A transitional (revolutionary) government towards the adoption of a federal government is extra-constitutional and broader than Martial Law." ~Yesu Ben, 30 August 2017
"A well governed local government helps anytime to grief stricken neighbours without waiting from the national government to iniate. That's what Mayor Duterte did to Yolanda victims. He personally extended help incognito." ~Leah C. Dancel, 31 May 2017
"All corruption is equal...there is no separation between politics and gangsterism." ~ARTHUR FLEEBER, The Freshman (1990)
"America's concept of friendship with nations is only for its own convenience and exploitation. It has had no permanent friends, only permanent interests. Geopolitical history since the Cold War, attests to that fact. It is a friend that stabs you in the back, as it did with the Philippines in 1986. …And that, we will never forget!." ~Gil Peralta, January 2020
“America is a land where citizens vote for Democrats but hope to live like Republicans.” ~Anon
"Americans of all political beliefs are sick and tired of radical, rage-filled, left socialists." ~US President Donald Trump (declared at a campaign rally in New Jersey on Tuesday night.) January 29, 2020, Sky News Australia
"An informed public can form a better republic." ~Ems Zkii , from TP
"An oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger." ~Confucius
"Anarchy is the sure consequence of tyranny; for no power that is not limited by laws can ever be protected by them." ~John Milton (1608-1674)
"Aristocracy never leads to democracy; it presumes a government by the "best" and therefore of and for the "best" and not the rest." ~Joffre Balce
“As you make your bed, so you must lie in it.” ~Daniel J. Boorstin on Politics/Government
"Be critical, vocal, and involved in the political process. We are a democratic country and it is our duty to keep our government in check." ~Sen. Miriam Defensor Santiago
"Be ever vigilant, hold governments accountable, struggle for peace and justice. Do not let up for a moment" ~ Nelson Mandela in a statement on building a Global Partnership for Children, 6 May 2000, LTL
"Be always suspicious of the politician, activist or intellectual that pushes you into the narrative of a false dichotomy but cautions you to not think for yourself, lest you sound like the enemy. They are not for reform; they simply seek numbers." ~Joffre Balce (HistoryIsOurWitness)
“Because the Philippines is an extremely interesting country....Mr. Duterte is proving to be a very famous politician. And first of all, because we like Philippines. It’s a very attractive country and we are happy to invite him.” ~Andrey Bystritskiy, Valdai Discussion Club
"Being taught to avoid talking about politics and religion has led to a lack of understanding of politics and religion. What we should have been taught was how to have a civil conversation about a difficult topic." ~Anon
“Capital punishment is our society's recognition of the sanctity of human life.” ~Orrin Hatch
"Civil government, so far as it is instituted for the security of property, is in reality instituted for the defense of the rich against the poor, or of those who have some property against those who have none at all." ~Adam Smith
“Climate change is real. The science is compelling. And the longer we wait, the harder the problem will be to solve.” ~Senator John Kerry on Climate
“Colonies do not cease to be colonies because they are independent” ~Benjamin Disraeli, British Prime Minister (1804-1881)
"Constitutions should consist only of general provisions; the reason is that they must necessarily be permanent, and that they cannot calculate for the possible change of things." Alexander Hamilton (1755-1804)
“Culture makes people understand each other better. And if they understand each other better in their soul, it is easier to overcome the economic and political barriers. But first they have to understand that their neighbor is, in the end, just like them, with the same problems, the same questions.” ~Paulo Coelho
“Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what they’re going to have for lunch.” ~Benjamin Franklin
"Democracy of the people, by the people and for the people as the best form of government is founded on the belief that reason prevails in getting the consensus of the majority, not religious dogma, not rhetorics of demagogues, and not because of the belief that the best minds come only from the rich and the powerful." ~Bogz Lee, 5 August 2017
"Diplomacy doesn't work on organised crime. It does with victims of wars that the Philippines doesn't support. Countries that declared illegit wars and insidious interventions won't take in those seeking refuge from their policies of aggression." ~Joffre Balce
"Diplomacy, n.: The patriotic art of lying for one's country." ~Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914)
"Federalism for is meaningful self-governance. It's not a magic tablet, not a cure-all. We need to toil hard and shape up." ~Rolaiza Mimi Singayao, FB, 2 October 2017
"Foreign intervention is inconceivable against a hugely elected democratic president with a popularity even bigger than its mandate. Period." ~Teddy Locsin Jr.
"Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure." ~Bertrand Russell
"Freedom of speech means freedom for those who you despise, and freedom to express the most despicable views. It also means that the government cannot pick and choose which expressions to authorize and which to prevent." ~Alan Dershowitz
"Give me control of a nation's money and I care not who makes the laws." ~Mayer A. Rothschild
"God's word guides us to discern who are the true ministers in our government officials in spite of their imperfections." ~Edison Reyes, FB, 15 November 2016
"A developed country is not where the poor have cars. It is where the rich use public transportation." ~Gustav Petro, Mayor of Bogota, Colombia (via Mark Lopez)
"A government powerful enough to give you everything you want is powerful enough to take away everything you have. That includes life itself." ~Old Adage
"A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing." ~Alexander Hamilton
"A nation must respect other nations and adhere to common rules for the world. The gap between elites and their peoples are a major factor in today's problems, but not the only one, of course." ~Putin, President of Russia
(Source: PUTIN: There's a reason Donald Trump 'behaves extravagantly' by Natasha Bertrand | Business Insider – Fri, Oct 28, 2016)
"A people that elect corrupt politicians are not victims … but accomplices." ~George Orwell
"A single bee is ignored. But when millions come together, even the bravest run in fear.... The one thing the government fears is the day we stand together." ~Anon
"A transitional (revolutionary) government towards the adoption of a federal government is extra-constitutional and broader than Martial Law." ~Yesu Ben, 30 August 2017
"A well governed local government helps anytime to grief stricken neighbours without waiting from the national government to iniate. That's what Mayor Duterte did to Yolanda victims. He personally extended help incognito." ~Leah C. Dancel, 31 May 2017
"All corruption is equal...there is no separation between politics and gangsterism." ~ARTHUR FLEEBER, The Freshman (1990)
"America's concept of friendship with nations is only for its own convenience and exploitation. It has had no permanent friends, only permanent interests. Geopolitical history since the Cold War, attests to that fact. It is a friend that stabs you in the back, as it did with the Philippines in 1986. …And that, we will never forget!." ~Gil Peralta, January 2020
“America is a land where citizens vote for Democrats but hope to live like Republicans.” ~Anon
"Americans of all political beliefs are sick and tired of radical, rage-filled, left socialists." ~US President Donald Trump (declared at a campaign rally in New Jersey on Tuesday night.) January 29, 2020, Sky News Australia
"An informed public can form a better republic." ~Ems Zkii , from TP
"An oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger." ~Confucius
"Anarchy is the sure consequence of tyranny; for no power that is not limited by laws can ever be protected by them." ~John Milton (1608-1674)
"Aristocracy never leads to democracy; it presumes a government by the "best" and therefore of and for the "best" and not the rest." ~Joffre Balce
“As you make your bed, so you must lie in it.” ~Daniel J. Boorstin on Politics/Government
"Be critical, vocal, and involved in the political process. We are a democratic country and it is our duty to keep our government in check." ~Sen. Miriam Defensor Santiago
"Be ever vigilant, hold governments accountable, struggle for peace and justice. Do not let up for a moment" ~ Nelson Mandela in a statement on building a Global Partnership for Children, 6 May 2000, LTL
"Be always suspicious of the politician, activist or intellectual that pushes you into the narrative of a false dichotomy but cautions you to not think for yourself, lest you sound like the enemy. They are not for reform; they simply seek numbers." ~Joffre Balce (HistoryIsOurWitness)
“Because the Philippines is an extremely interesting country....Mr. Duterte is proving to be a very famous politician. And first of all, because we like Philippines. It’s a very attractive country and we are happy to invite him.” ~Andrey Bystritskiy, Valdai Discussion Club
"Being taught to avoid talking about politics and religion has led to a lack of understanding of politics and religion. What we should have been taught was how to have a civil conversation about a difficult topic." ~Anon
“Capital punishment is our society's recognition of the sanctity of human life.” ~Orrin Hatch
"Civil government, so far as it is instituted for the security of property, is in reality instituted for the defense of the rich against the poor, or of those who have some property against those who have none at all." ~Adam Smith
“Climate change is real. The science is compelling. And the longer we wait, the harder the problem will be to solve.” ~Senator John Kerry on Climate
“Colonies do not cease to be colonies because they are independent” ~Benjamin Disraeli, British Prime Minister (1804-1881)
"Constitutions should consist only of general provisions; the reason is that they must necessarily be permanent, and that they cannot calculate for the possible change of things." Alexander Hamilton (1755-1804)
“Culture makes people understand each other better. And if they understand each other better in their soul, it is easier to overcome the economic and political barriers. But first they have to understand that their neighbor is, in the end, just like them, with the same problems, the same questions.” ~Paulo Coelho
“Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what they’re going to have for lunch.” ~Benjamin Franklin
"Democracy of the people, by the people and for the people as the best form of government is founded on the belief that reason prevails in getting the consensus of the majority, not religious dogma, not rhetorics of demagogues, and not because of the belief that the best minds come only from the rich and the powerful." ~Bogz Lee, 5 August 2017
"Diplomacy doesn't work on organised crime. It does with victims of wars that the Philippines doesn't support. Countries that declared illegit wars and insidious interventions won't take in those seeking refuge from their policies of aggression." ~Joffre Balce
"Diplomacy, n.: The patriotic art of lying for one's country." ~Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914)
"Federalism for is meaningful self-governance. It's not a magic tablet, not a cure-all. We need to toil hard and shape up." ~Rolaiza Mimi Singayao, FB, 2 October 2017
"Foreign intervention is inconceivable against a hugely elected democratic president with a popularity even bigger than its mandate. Period." ~Teddy Locsin Jr.
"Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure." ~Bertrand Russell
"Freedom of speech means freedom for those who you despise, and freedom to express the most despicable views. It also means that the government cannot pick and choose which expressions to authorize and which to prevent." ~Alan Dershowitz
"Give me control of a nation's money and I care not who makes the laws." ~Mayer A. Rothschild
"God's word guides us to discern who are the true ministers in our government officials in spite of their imperfections." ~Edison Reyes, FB, 15 November 2016
"Government has no right to make itself a party in any debate respecting the principles or modes of forming, or of changing constitutions. It is not for the benefit of those who exercise the powers of government, that constitution, and governments issuing from them, are established. In all those matters then, the rights of judging and acting are in those who pay and not those who receive." ~Albert B. Paine
"Governments and public works cannot run on the basis of operational profits. It requires economic rents -- the common wealth -- manifested in land values." ~Joffre Balce
"Governments, banks and corporations can only do evil when we the people let them do that. You think this is far from your bed but that is the biggest mistake you can make! If you feel this must stop then YOU must act !!" ~Jim Tollier, Comment on The CIA’s Cloddish ISIS Attack on Duterte | F. William Engdahl
"Government should protect people and regulate corporations, not protect corporations and regulate people." ~from Mass Report dot com
"Governments don't want a population capable of critical thinking, they want obedient workers, people just smart enough to run the machines and just dump enough to passively accept their situation." ~George Carlin
"Governments don't want an intelligent population because people who can think critically can't be ruled. They want a public just smart enough to pay taxes and dumb enough to keep voting and electing corrupt politicians." ~George Carlin
"Governments and public works cannot run on the basis of operational profits. It requires economic rents -- the common wealth -- manifested in land values." ~Joffre Balce
"Governments, banks and corporations can only do evil when we the people let them do that. You think this is far from your bed but that is the biggest mistake you can make! If you feel this must stop then YOU must act !!" ~Jim Tollier, Comment on The CIA’s Cloddish ISIS Attack on Duterte | F. William Engdahl
"Government should protect people and regulate corporations, not protect corporations and regulate people." ~from Mass Report dot com
"Governments don't want a population capable of critical thinking, they want obedient workers, people just smart enough to run the machines and just dump enough to passively accept their situation." ~George Carlin
"Governments don't want an intelligent population because people who can think critically can't be ruled. They want a public just smart enough to pay taxes and dumb enough to keep voting and electing corrupt politicians." ~George Carlin
"Governments should avoid the temptation to cherry pick from a highly interconnected suite of recommendations." ~Professor Graeme Samuel
"Here, sir, the people govern; here they act by their immediate representatives." ~Alexander Hamilton (1755-1804)
"History has shown us that terrorists and corrupt politicians are -CLEARLY- afraid of education because education will teach people how to demand and call for their rights using peaceful ways. Education will also give the oppressed the necessary means and knowledge to fight their oppressors." ~Miriam Defensor Santiago
"I am of the opinion that all who can should vote for the most intelligent, honest, and conscientious men eligible to office, irrespective of former party opinions, who will endeavour to make the new constitutions and the laws passed under them as beneficial as possible to the true interests, prosperity, and liberty of all classes and conditions of the people." ~Robert E. Lee
"I beg you to accept that there is no people on earth who wouldn’t prefer their own bad government to the good government of an alien power.” ~Mahatma Gandhi (to British officials led by the viceroy of India: AFTER THE MASSACRE at Amritsar)
"I believe it is also our duty as government officials to express support for the democratically elected president of our country. And to defend him as head of state." ~Darwin Cañete, October 4, 2017
"I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend." ~Thomas Jefferson
"I prefer a government run like hell by Filipinos to a government run like heaven by Americans.” ~President Manuel L. Quezon
"I want this government to succeed, for the sake of our countrymen who are not as lucky as you and I." ~RJ Nieto October 4, 2017, FB, Philippines
"I'm always rather nervous about how you talk about women who are active in politics, whether they want to be talked about as women or as politicians." ~John F. Kennedy (1917-1963)
"If a governor comes out of his government rich, they say he has been a thief; and if he comes out poor, that he has been a noodle and a blockhead." ~Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616)
"If I were to run, I'd run as a Republican. They're the dumbest group of voters in the country. They believed anything on Fox News. I could lie and they'd still eat it up. I bet my numbers would be terrific." ~Donald Trump, People Magazine, 1998
“If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself.” ~James Madison
"If more politicians knew poetry, and more poets knew politics, I am convinced the world would be a little better place in which to live." ~John F. Kennedy
"If people lose faith in the electoral process and system, it is the process and system that must change, not the people's faith or lack thereof in them." ~Joffre Balce
"If we have a freely elected government (i.e. not one purchased by our own oligarchs), and if voters choose honest, competent representatives, government can accomplish what it was set up to do. Alas, both these “ifs” are decidedly hypothetical today." ~Ron Hastings, April 2020
"If you want real political power, try telling the truth for a change." ~HARVEY MILK, Milk (2009)
"In our personal ambitions we are individualists. But in our seeking for economic and political progress as a nation, we all go up or else all go down as one people". ~Franklin Delano Roosevelt
“One can become a leader only if one is supported by an ideology which makes other people tractable and accommodating.” ~Ludwig von Mises
"Philippines goverment has been in a long battle against narcotics after President Duterte vowed to continue with the fight despite frequent condemnation by the international community human rights and other critics." ~NewsFox, 27 July 2017
"... people of every political persuasion, ponder on the role of the half-blind international press that are stoking the flames of conflict between and among Filipinos today. Do they know more about the Philippines than the Filipinos?" ~Bryan Ng Co
"Racism will never end as long as white cars are stil using black tyres. Racism will never end if people still use black to symbolise bad luck and white for peace. Racism will never end if people still wear white clothes to weddings and black clothes to funerals. Racism will never end as long as those who don't pay their bills are blacklisted not white listed. Even when playing Pool, You haven't won until you've sunk the black ball, and the white ball must remain on the table. But I don't care, as long as I'm still using white toilet paper to wipe my black ass I'm happy." ~Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe President
"She would have wanted two things above all else to happen now, one that our precious children are bathed in love and two, that we all unite to fight against the hatred that killed her. Hate doesn't have a creed, race or religion, it is poisionous" ~Brendan Cox, husband of British MP Jo Cox who was murdered 16 June 2016
"Supporting the duly constituted government is our fundamental duty to the Republic and the Constitution." ~Darwin Cañete, April 1, 2017
"Surely Australia can use this Paris climate agreement to finally end the barren, wasted years of climate policy war." ~Lenore Taylor
"Terrorism, criminality, drug syndicates, narco-politics, corruptions are real facts but the media was playing it and manipulate it to fabricate news or create a different viewpoint about the situation in the Philippines." ~Amir Assadollahi, Canadian Political Analyst
"The Balangiga Bell is the stark reminder of the US violation of human rights in the Philippines and if returned, it will be a great apology that we can graciously receive." ~Jerry Jimenez, July 26, 2017 post SONA2
"The main reason we went into Iraq at that time was WE THOUGHT he had weapons of mass destruction. It turns out he didn't but he had the capacity to make weapons of mass destruction." ~George Walker Bush, 43rd PRESIDENT (2001 - 2009), United States of America
"The mere abolition of rent would not remove injustice, since it would not confer a capricious advantage upon the occupiers of the best sites and the most fertile land. It is necessary that there should be rent, but it should be paid to the state or to some body which performs public services; or, if the total rental were more than is required for such purposes, it might be paid into a common fund and divided equally among the population." ~Bertrand Russell
"The Philippines needs Duterte. Any foreign country who can claim to speak against a leader with an 88% support base, should just remain silent. Far too many inept people with little ideas of the politics and political personnel of the Philippines are having far too much to say. The voice of 88% of Filipinos should never be spoken against by anyone." ~Ken Canning, Australian aboriginal leader and activist, October 2, 2017 (Rado Gatchalian - Radu30 Advocacy)
“The [president] has no particle of spiritual jurisdiction. . . .” ~Alexander Hamilton
"The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men." ~Plato
"The thing is that left and right were never separate. Your right hand maybe has done a lot of awful things — like smashing trees, destroying the forest. But when the right hand gets hurt, your left hand comes to its assistance, grabs and holds it without hesitation. This is the way we engage in politics — we try not to see other as separate from us; they are us. We get out there and try to heal but we don’t cause more harm." ~Phap Dung
"The toughness and dedication you showed in directing an independent foreign policy and separating from dependency and submission made everyone listen. Now the Philippines under your leadership will not be bullied or taken for granted." ~Vladimir Putin, President of Russia, on President RR Duterte, 22 November 2016, APEC - Lima, Peru
“The trouble with us in government is that we talk too much, act too slow, and do too little.” ~Mayor RR Duterte, during the Senate hearing in 2014 (Source:Excerpt from the article 'A Year of Change' to be published in The Philippine Panorama, Manila Bulletin's Sunday magazine, Jan. 1, 2017)
“The whole inspiration of our life as a nation flows out from the waving folds of this banner.” ~Anon
"I prefer a government run like hell by Filipinos to a government run like heaven by Americans.” ~President Manuel L. Quezon
"I want this government to succeed, for the sake of our countrymen who are not as lucky as you and I." ~RJ Nieto October 4, 2017, FB, Philippines
"I'm always rather nervous about how you talk about women who are active in politics, whether they want to be talked about as women or as politicians." ~John F. Kennedy (1917-1963)
"If a governor comes out of his government rich, they say he has been a thief; and if he comes out poor, that he has been a noodle and a blockhead." ~Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616)
"If I were to run, I'd run as a Republican. They're the dumbest group of voters in the country. They believed anything on Fox News. I could lie and they'd still eat it up. I bet my numbers would be terrific." ~Donald Trump, People Magazine, 1998
“If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself.” ~James Madison
"If more politicians knew poetry, and more poets knew politics, I am convinced the world would be a little better place in which to live." ~John F. Kennedy
"If people lose faith in the electoral process and system, it is the process and system that must change, not the people's faith or lack thereof in them." ~Joffre Balce
"If we have a freely elected government (i.e. not one purchased by our own oligarchs), and if voters choose honest, competent representatives, government can accomplish what it was set up to do. Alas, both these “ifs” are decidedly hypothetical today." ~Ron Hastings, April 2020
"If you want real political power, try telling the truth for a change." ~HARVEY MILK, Milk (2009)
"In our personal ambitions we are individualists. But in our seeking for economic and political progress as a nation, we all go up or else all go down as one people". ~Franklin Delano Roosevelt
“In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way." ~Franklin D. Roosevelt
"In politics, there are no permanent friends or permanent enemies, there are only permanent interests.” ~President John Fitzgerald Kennedy p
"In the future, democracy is not going to last long because the politician is already ignorant before the scientist; he is already in the hands of the scientist. The future belongs to the scientist, not to the politician. That means we will have to change the word democracy. I have a word for it: meritocracy." ~OSHO (Priests and Politicians: The Mafia of the Soul)
“In the long-run every Government is the exact symbol of its People, with their WISDOM and UNWISDOM; we have to say, Like People like Government.“ ~Thomas Carlyle, 1795-1881, Scottish Philosopher, Author
“It is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it... anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.” ~Douglas Adams
“It's easier to run a revolution than a government.” ~Ferdinand Marcos
"It is only by destroying radical Islam that we can end the ever-escalating savagery that threatens our cities, our culture and our way of life." ~Henry Ergas
"It takes very strong discipline and determination to pursue CHANGE. In the case of the government, it does require wilful support from the people. Adversaries will always block and resist, but if the people's power rules, there's no obstacles that can not be overcome." ~Leah C. Dancel, 29 August 2017
"It was once said that the moral test of government is how that government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly; and those who are in the shadows of life, the sick, the needy and the handicapped." ~Hubert H. Humphrey
"Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you." ~Pericles, 430 B.C.
"Let Duterte do his work peacefully.” ~Antonio Guterres, UN Secretary General (to UN Human Rights Body, 2017)
"Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and senators and congressmen and government officials, but the voters of this country." ~Franklin D. Roosevelt
"Liberty has never come from the government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of it. The history of liberty is a history of resistance." ~Woodrow Wilson
"Looks like the UN does not want to have the standards they apply on others to themselves. No wonder the planet resembles a Third World country more than a First World one." ~Joffre Balce
"Mankind has been manipulated to become 'unconscious' through the use of programming by media and politics." ~Vladimir Putin
"In politics, there are no permanent friends or permanent enemies, there are only permanent interests.” ~President John Fitzgerald Kennedy p
"In the future, democracy is not going to last long because the politician is already ignorant before the scientist; he is already in the hands of the scientist. The future belongs to the scientist, not to the politician. That means we will have to change the word democracy. I have a word for it: meritocracy." ~OSHO (Priests and Politicians: The Mafia of the Soul)
“In the long-run every Government is the exact symbol of its People, with their WISDOM and UNWISDOM; we have to say, Like People like Government.“ ~Thomas Carlyle, 1795-1881, Scottish Philosopher, Author
“It is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it... anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.” ~Douglas Adams
“It's easier to run a revolution than a government.” ~Ferdinand Marcos
"It is only by destroying radical Islam that we can end the ever-escalating savagery that threatens our cities, our culture and our way of life." ~Henry Ergas
"It takes very strong discipline and determination to pursue CHANGE. In the case of the government, it does require wilful support from the people. Adversaries will always block and resist, but if the people's power rules, there's no obstacles that can not be overcome." ~Leah C. Dancel, 29 August 2017
"It was once said that the moral test of government is how that government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly; and those who are in the shadows of life, the sick, the needy and the handicapped." ~Hubert H. Humphrey
"Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you." ~Pericles, 430 B.C.
"Let Duterte do his work peacefully.” ~Antonio Guterres, UN Secretary General (to UN Human Rights Body, 2017)
"Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and senators and congressmen and government officials, but the voters of this country." ~Franklin D. Roosevelt
"Liberty has never come from the government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of it. The history of liberty is a history of resistance." ~Woodrow Wilson
"Looks like the UN does not want to have the standards they apply on others to themselves. No wonder the planet resembles a Third World country more than a First World one." ~Joffre Balce
"Mankind has been manipulated to become 'unconscious' through the use of programming by media and politics." ~Vladimir Putin
“Mankind will never see an end of trouble until … lovers of wisdom come to hold political power, or the holders of power… become lovers of wisdom.” ~Plato
"Many of my countrymen cannot understand me right now but in the years to come they will understand. You cannot build a nation over the bones of criminals." ~Rodrigo Duterte, Oct. 25, 2016
"Martial Law is an experience that many of us are familiar with, but it takes a lot of egoism to declare Martial Law. So I hope we'll never have it unless the ruler or the leader is very narcissistic. Martial Law is just an expression of a frustrated soul." - Sen. Miriam Defensor Santiago, April 2016
"Merit will be the decisive factor. Not whether you can gather votes by canvassing all kinds of promises and hopes, but your merit, your real power in the scientific world will decide. And once government comes into the hands of the scientist, then everything is possible." ~OSHO (Priests and Politicians: The Mafia of the Soul)
"Most politicians associate themselves with priests and nuns because they use religion to cover up their atrocities with false purity and holiness." ~Kyle Reygel Perales
"Mother Nature really runs the roost and will restore if we stop ravaging everything in sight, but unfortunately, we need a leader in Government and we don't have that at present. Far from it." ~Ernest Markham, Australia Day, January 26, 2020
"Neoliberalism was not conceived as a self-serving racket, but it rapidly became one. Economic growth has been markedly slower in the neoliberal era (since 1980 in Britain and the US) than it was in the preceding decades; but not for the very rich. Inequality in the distribution of both income and wealth, after 60 years of decline, rose rapidly in this era, due to the smashing of trade unions, tax reductions, rising rents, privatization and deregulation." ~George Monbiot
"No one will stop us from moving forward – not a country, not an organisation." ~Andry Nirina Rajoelina, The President of Madagascar, (in response to the WHO’s concerns, May 16, 2020
"No science is immune to the infection of politics and the corruption of power." ~Jacob Bronowski
"Nothing ever stays in the middle. You always go from one extreme to the other, and politics is certainly that way." ~Gloria Estefan
"One of the penalties fir refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors." ~Plato
“Only he has the calling for politics who is sure that he will not crumble when the world from his point of view is too stupid or base for what he wants to offer. Only he who in the face of all this can say in spite of all has the calling for politics.”. - Max Weber
Only the ‘selfish’ and ‘greedy’ would want to oust President for serving his citizens." ~Theresa May,Prime Minister of Great Britain, March24, 2017 from AlJazeera Channel
"Only the strong can show his weakness. This makes him THE leader. The rest are just politicians." ~Aveen Acuna-Gulo on PRRD
“Our differences are politics, our agreements principles.” ~William McKinley
“Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind." ~George Orwell
"Politician provoke apprehension. Spinmeisters trigger reaction. Educators inspire proaction." ~Joffre Balce
"Politicians and diapers must be changed often, and for the same reason." ~Mark Twain
"Politics anywhere in the world is really hard." ~Nas Daily
"Politics begins with the next person." ~Gandhi
"Politics is the color of money and all the dark colors in the spectrum." ~Jollee A. Baeyens
"Pauline Hanson – who holds no office, wields no authority, and is a perennial electoral failure – has always had a unique ability to unbalance and frustrate progressives." ~Jason Wilson, Guardian Australia (Nov 17, 2015)
"People keep looking to government for the answer and government is the problem." ~Ronald Reagan
"Politicians come to judge themselves, and be judged, by whether they deliver the pork; whether they offered grants rather than their own best judgment and wisdom; whether their decision was in the immediate interest of their district or city rather them the long-term interest if the nation." ~from THE STREETS WERE PAVED WITH GOLD (1979) by Ken Auletta
"Politics have no relation to morals." ~Niccolo Machiavelli
"Politics is far more complicated than physics." ~Albert Einstein
"Politics is now a jungle where all kinds of beast lives." ~Janet S Braza
"Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedies." ~Groucho Marx
"Many of my countrymen cannot understand me right now but in the years to come they will understand. You cannot build a nation over the bones of criminals." ~Rodrigo Duterte, Oct. 25, 2016
"Martial Law is an experience that many of us are familiar with, but it takes a lot of egoism to declare Martial Law. So I hope we'll never have it unless the ruler or the leader is very narcissistic. Martial Law is just an expression of a frustrated soul." - Sen. Miriam Defensor Santiago, April 2016
"Merit will be the decisive factor. Not whether you can gather votes by canvassing all kinds of promises and hopes, but your merit, your real power in the scientific world will decide. And once government comes into the hands of the scientist, then everything is possible." ~OSHO (Priests and Politicians: The Mafia of the Soul)
"Most politicians associate themselves with priests and nuns because they use religion to cover up their atrocities with false purity and holiness." ~Kyle Reygel Perales
"Mother Nature really runs the roost and will restore if we stop ravaging everything in sight, but unfortunately, we need a leader in Government and we don't have that at present. Far from it." ~Ernest Markham, Australia Day, January 26, 2020
My being a President is a mere title, l am human like you, and we are all equal.' ~President Rodrigo Roa Duterte"My politics is a matter between my conscience and the ballot box." ~FRED KITE, I'm All Right Jack (1959)
"Neoliberalism was not conceived as a self-serving racket, but it rapidly became one. Economic growth has been markedly slower in the neoliberal era (since 1980 in Britain and the US) than it was in the preceding decades; but not for the very rich. Inequality in the distribution of both income and wealth, after 60 years of decline, rose rapidly in this era, due to the smashing of trade unions, tax reductions, rising rents, privatization and deregulation." ~George Monbiot
"No one will stop us from moving forward – not a country, not an organisation." ~Andry Nirina Rajoelina, The President of Madagascar, (in response to the WHO’s concerns, May 16, 2020
"No science is immune to the infection of politics and the corruption of power." ~Jacob Bronowski
"Nothing ever stays in the middle. You always go from one extreme to the other, and politics is certainly that way." ~Gloria Estefan
"One of the penalties fir refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors." ~Plato
“Only he has the calling for politics who is sure that he will not crumble when the world from his point of view is too stupid or base for what he wants to offer. Only he who in the face of all this can say in spite of all has the calling for politics.”. - Max Weber
Only the ‘selfish’ and ‘greedy’ would want to oust President for serving his citizens." ~Theresa May,Prime Minister of Great Britain, March24, 2017 from AlJazeera Channel
"Only the strong can show his weakness. This makes him THE leader. The rest are just politicians." ~Aveen Acuna-Gulo on PRRD
“Our differences are politics, our agreements principles.” ~William McKinley
“Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind." ~George Orwell
"Politician provoke apprehension. Spinmeisters trigger reaction. Educators inspire proaction." ~Joffre Balce
"Politicians and diapers must be changed often, and for the same reason." ~Mark Twain
"Politics anywhere in the world is really hard." ~Nas Daily
"Politics begins with the next person." ~Gandhi
"Politics is the color of money and all the dark colors in the spectrum." ~Jollee A. Baeyens
"Pauline Hanson – who holds no office, wields no authority, and is a perennial electoral failure – has always had a unique ability to unbalance and frustrate progressives." ~Jason Wilson, Guardian Australia (Nov 17, 2015)
"People keep looking to government for the answer and government is the problem." ~Ronald Reagan
"Politicians come to judge themselves, and be judged, by whether they deliver the pork; whether they offered grants rather than their own best judgment and wisdom; whether their decision was in the immediate interest of their district or city rather them the long-term interest if the nation." ~from THE STREETS WERE PAVED WITH GOLD (1979) by Ken Auletta
"Politics have no relation to morals." ~Niccolo Machiavelli
"Politics is far more complicated than physics." ~Albert Einstein
"Politics is now a jungle where all kinds of beast lives." ~Janet S Braza
"Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedies." ~Groucho Marx
"Politics is the only profession where you can lie, cheat and steal, and still be respected." ~Mark Twain
"Politics is the playground for money, and by politicizing they are capable of concatinating all issues into a single unfair reporting that would inflict damage to whoever they were bribed to expunge." ~Alexis Say, September 13, 2017
"Politics is too small when compared to everyday Filipinos who have larger than life dreams." ~Mike Acebedo Lopez, March 27, 2017
"Politics: where greed wears a mask of morality." ~INSPECTOR JACQUES CLOUSEAU, The Pink Panther (2006)
"Religion and politics are divisive issues that have been weaponised. Vicious wars are being fought because of it." ~Rafael Alunan III
"Religion and politics may resemble each other in many ways but they are like water and oil that don't mix. The individual soul may need prayers for healing but a country needs concrete and immediate solutions - not prayers. Politics should respect all religions and beliefs inside its domain - Churches should too. Catholic bishops who insist to heal the land their way disrespect the silence of other religions on political issues." ~Gerardo Luis Adriano, November 7, 2017
"Politics is the playground for money, and by politicizing they are capable of concatinating all issues into a single unfair reporting that would inflict damage to whoever they were bribed to expunge." ~Alexis Say, September 13, 2017
"Politics is too small when compared to everyday Filipinos who have larger than life dreams." ~Mike Acebedo Lopez, March 27, 2017
"Politics: where greed wears a mask of morality." ~INSPECTOR JACQUES CLOUSEAU, The Pink Panther (2006)
"Religion and politics are divisive issues that have been weaponised. Vicious wars are being fought because of it." ~Rafael Alunan III
"Religion and politics may resemble each other in many ways but they are like water and oil that don't mix. The individual soul may need prayers for healing but a country needs concrete and immediate solutions - not prayers. Politics should respect all religions and beliefs inside its domain - Churches should too. Catholic bishops who insist to heal the land their way disrespect the silence of other religions on political issues." ~Gerardo Luis Adriano, November 7, 2017
"Religion brought bloodshed, so is Politics. These two entertwined." ~Leah C. Dancel, July 6, 2020 on watching Russia in History via Epic History TV YouTube Channel
"She is used by the mainstream media (yes the white, bleachedlonde aussie media) to stir up the bogans and get them firing up their computer keyboards). Politicians love her because she is the public face of division, which means they don't have to be seen to be racist. They just ride the waves that she creates. She has no real policy and no substance.....just backward bogan racism." ~Chris Bonney on Pauline Hanson, Guardian Australia (Nov. 17, 2015)
“The brutal reality of politics would be probably intolerable without drugs.” ~Hunter S. Thompson, Kingdom of Fear: Loathsome Secrets of a Star-Crossed Child in the Final Days of the American Century
"The end of democracy and the defeat of the American Revolution will occur when government falls into the hands of lending institutions and moneyed incorporations." ~Thomas Jefferson
"The freedom of information is key to a balance power between the government and its citizens." ~Martin Andanar, Secretary of Philippines Communication Office, 26 November 2016
“The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things.” ~US President Ronald Reagan
"The idea of passing a law every time someone blinks is a nonsense… Every time you pass a law you take somebody’s privileges away from them." ~Kerry Packer
“The increasing dependence on the State is anything but a healthy symptom, it means that the whole nation is in a fair way to becoming a herd of sheep, constantly relying on a shepherd to drive them into good pastures. The shepherd’s staff soon becomes a rod of iron, and the shepherds turn into wolves. . .” ~Carl G. Jung “Civilisation in Transition”
"The laws politicians tell us are there to protect our environment can seem as pointless as the cheap Christmas giftwrap covering that bottle of wine you just bought for your least favourite uncle." ~Graham Readfearn
"The men who create power make an indispensable contribution to the Nation's greatness, but the men who question power make a contribution just as indispensable, especially when that questioning is disinterested, for they determine whether we use power or power uses us." ~John F. Kennedy (1917-1963)
"The most difficult task is searching for good and honest people in government. Our institutions are not only weak, they are rotten and corrupt to the core." ~Michael Tomelden
"The people just want to see government hard at work and making things work for them." ~Rafael Alunan III
"The price of admission in democracy is citizenship. One of the responsibilities of citizenship is paying correct taxes." ~Darwin Cañete
"The scale of homelessness throughout Australia is indeed due to mental health ... of the politicians and the vested interests they serve and not of the homeless." ~Joffre Balce
"The true hope of our world isn't found in its politics but in the power of God's people to be salt and light in the world." ~Dr. David Jeremiah, Turning Point
"The true terrorists of our world do not meet at the docks at midnight, or scream 'Allahu Akbar'before some violent action. The true terrorists of our world wear $5,000 suits and work in the highest positions of finance, government and business." ~Peter Joseph
"The Westminster Parliamentary System is the way to go...it focuses on a change in political culture from idealisation of personalities to a scrutiny of platforms and manifestos." ~Fr. Rannie Aquino (from Yesu Ben)
"The whole inspiration of our life as a nation flows out from the waving folds of this banner, "The American Flag"" ~Anon, Flag Day, June 14, is the day the United States officially adopted the Stars and Stripes. It is the birthday of our American flag.
“The word "politics" is derived from the word "poly", meaning 'many', and the word 'ticks', meaning 'blood sucking parasites'.” ~Larry Hardiman
"The world needs very tough leaders like President Duterte in fighting many of the menaces bedeviling the world today." ~Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany
“The worst illiterate is the political illiterate, he doesn’t hear, doesn’t speak, nor participates in the political events. He doesn’t know the cost of life, the price of the bean, of the fish, of the flour, of the rent, of the shoes and of the medicine, all depends on political decisions. The political illiterate is so stupid that he is proud and swells his chest saying that he hates politics. The imbecile doesn’t know that, from his political ignorance is born the prostitute, the abandoned child, and the worst thieves of all, the bad politician, corrupted and flunky of the national and multinational companies.” ~Bertolt Brecht
"There are a number of conflicts of interest involved in commercialised elections and political appointments thereafter to Constitutional bodies -- loyalty to parties, businesses and law firns can be quite tricky." ~Joffre Balce
“This nation is peaceful, but fierce when stirred to anger.” ~George Walker Bush on America
"This statement is a reflection of a leader who's willing to abase himself just to meet the people in common ground. It's a rare attribute found in high ranking officials or head of the state. Duterte is unique, down-to-earth, and wise." ~Aleph Haorh
“Those who imagine that a politician would make a better figurehead than a hereditary monarch might perhaps make the acquaintance of more politicians.” ~Margaret Thatcher
"Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber." ~Plato
“To err is human. To blame someone else is POLITICS.” ~Hubert H. Humphrey
"To govern, you have to foresee. Government must anticipate events and not merely react to them." ~Napoleon Bonaparte (“Pour gouverner il faut prevoir.” )
"To my mind, what comes as a pleasant offshoot of Duterte’s victory is the fact that more and more Filipinos have awoken from their indifference over what’s happening in the country and are now actually interested enough to contribute to the political discourse. I know of contacts who have now started to care enough to expect better government service, whereas before it was all just about thriving in their own comfortable spheres whilst fending off the inconveniences of government ineptitude." ~Patricia Mirasol
"[UN] Human Rights Body has done an investigation on the extrajudicial killings in the Philippines. I want to announce it here that the war against drugs in the Philippines under President Rodrigo Duterte is for the good of the people, of the Philippines and it is indeed promoting patriotism and good governance." ~Antonio Guterres, UN Secretary General (2017)
"We live in a highly organised state of socialism. The state is all; the individual is of importance only as he contributes to the welfare of the state. His property is only his as the state does not need it. He must hold his life and his possessions at the call of the state." ~Bernard Baruch
"We will no longer use the US military to build democracy abroad, or try to rebuild other countries in our image and likeness. This time is gone. In return, we will ask our partners to defend our common interests. We do not ask others to change their way of life, but we ask to pursue common goals that will enable our children to live better. And this will be the determining factor in making our decisions. " ~Pres. Donald Trump (FB, 28 August 2017)
“We will not become free when the state goes away. Rather the state will go away once we are free.” ~ Butler Shaffer, author, The Wizards of Ozymandias
"What I think politicians should be doing, if they had any guts, is to introduce a libel system which is punitive. If a journalist has the evidence to prove his allegations, then by all means, let them be printed. But if they’re wrong, then it should be costing their organizations millions, not tens or hundreds of thousands." ~Kerry Packer
"What is history but the story of how politicians have squandered the blood and treasure of the human race." ~Thomas Sowell
"When politics continually gets in the way of nation-building - of growing the economy; of developing our ethics, knowledge and skills; of uniting the nation; of harmonizing our diverse cultures - whenever a political solution is applied to every problem that has nothing to do with politics - that only means we keep repeating the same stupid mistake. That makes us a stupid race. To save us from ourselves, we need to classify stupidity as a heinous crime." ~Rafael Alunan III, May 30, 2017
"Why do we solicit the opinions and half-baked analyses of foreign observers when they aren't even stakeholders in this political problem?....If and when the dust of this political war settles, these international media outfits can just as easily offer a half-meant apology and say, "We thought Duterte was going to be a dictator as your VP had said. So, we helped you remove him. It turns out that he wasn't but he certainly had all the capacity to be a dictator."....And we, the Filipinos, will be left to pick up the pieces of a broken republic." ~Bryan Ng Co
“Why don't you show us a statesman who can rise up to the emergency, and cave in the emergency's head.”
Artemus Ward (pseudonym of Charles Farrar Browne)
"You are the greatest enemy of the Palestinian people." ~Mosab Hassan Yousef, Palestinian “Green Prince” on UN HUMAN RIGHTS
"You imprison the poor wretch who steals because he is hungry; but none of the hundreds who steal millions from the Government has ever spent a night in jail." ~Fidel Castro
"You went to the Court for relief. And it gave you a ruling based on law. But justice is rendered by any court not on the basis of politics but on the basis of law." ~Antonio P. Contreras, Philippine Political Scientist, 14 November 2016
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"A great leader is one who is beholden to his nation. He is without prejudice; and who is fair, just and merciful." ~Leah C. Dancel, April 6, 2017
“As to religion, I hold it to be the indispensable duty of all government, to protect all conscientious professors thereof, and I know of no other business which government hath to do therewith.” ~Thomas Paine
"Depopulation should be the highest priority of foreign policy towards the third world." ~Henry Kissinger
“Every special calling in life, if it is to be followed with success, requires peculiar qualifications of understanding and soul,” ~Carl von Clausewitz in his opus On War.
"In Digong's speech, I was speechless. Everything I want to hear he had said. He is truly the voice of the voiceless." ~Arsenio Antonio, July 24, 2017, PRRD, Philippines SONA2
"Fiipinos have a President, a real President, one that they are proud of." ~John Parsons on President RR Duterte (May 2017)
"First, it was wine. Now it's snags! Politics will always be a job of damnation. Right or wrong, there's no way out!" ~Leah C. Dancel, April 5 on Food and Politics
“Force is the antithesis of freedom, but force must be used, if only to defend against other force.” ~Thomas Sowell
on Politics / government
"I anticipated Trump to look inward. His speech made it clear that America will focus inward to rebuild. The nations of the world will have to step up and keep the peace worldwide. This is a turning point in world history." ~Rafael Alunan III on America's Retreat, FB 2017
"I call therefore a complete and generous education that which fits a man to perform justly, skillfully, and magnanimously all the offices, both private and public, of peace and war." ~John Milton (1608-1674)
"I cry for my people and my country." ~Ferdinand E. Marcos, President of the Philippines 1986
"I hope we can follow the wishes of the people and use this visit as an opportunity to push China-Philippines relations back on a friendly footing and fully improve things" - President Xi (DDS FB, October 21, 2016, Beijing) on President RR Duterte during his recent State Visit to the Republic of China
"I think (that) President Duterte was responding to the concerns of the people of the Philippines, and the lesson for politicians around the world is to tap into the concerns, particularly of those who feel left behind by globalization, those who have been affected by the disruption of technologies, and those who fear change." ~Julie Bishop, Foreign Minister of Australia, March 17-18, 2017
"I think (that is) the challenge facing governments around the world, that while globalization and economic integration, economic competition, have undoubted benefits, more people need to share in those benefits." ~Julie Bishop on her recent visit to the Philippines, March 17-18, 2017
"I wonder when the politicians of this world will reflect on the policies they've pushed for for the mere increase of digits in their bank accounts and other stakeholders of these horrible wars, at the expense of thousands and thousands of innocent men, women and children, whose only crime was to be at the wrong place at the wrong time..." ~Mohammed Sa'ad Al Bukhsh
“If you don’t want the Philippines to turn into another Syria, please support martial law and cooperate with the government to find the terrorists and criminals. Be advised that some corporate media outlets are not reporting the real important news facts, and manipulating the news for their own agenda and for increasing their sales and popularity.” ~Amir Assadollahi, Canadian Political Analyst
"Just as every facet of our government is rotten to the core, the only way to change it is to dismantle it and start anew." ~Jovybev Aquino, August 25, 2017
"No church property is taxed so the infidel and the atheist and the man without religion are taxed to make up the deficit in the public income this caused." ~Mark Twain
"No single person, no body of opinion, no political doctrine, no religious doctrine can claim a monopoly on truth" ~Nelson Mandela during an address to the International Federation of Newspaper Publishers, Prague, Czech Republic, 26 May 1992 Living The Legacy
"Nobody seems to recognize that the root of the divide is more due to different political priorities. Why are we always talking at cross purposes? Because at the top of your list are EJKs and the burial of Marcos at Libingan. At the top of my list is a move toward efficient and effective government, one that is sincere in its service to the people. I am for tax reform, higher fiscal spending and opening up to Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). I believe what Lee Kuan Yew said about the Philippines is true: that the US-style setup of government has failed us even before Marcos tried to change it, and I believe we should move to a parliamentary and federalist system. We need to break up our huge archipelagic country into more manageable and governable federal states. I am concerned that the corruption we have always seen in Philippine politics may have links to drugs—narcopolitics, in other words. I am for peace in Mindanao and a tough stance on terrorists and outlaws. I feel all these things are closer to happening with this administration. Duterte gets all of this and is the best chance we have had since...forever." ~Charles Englund
"People should best learn to leave the innocent children out of the political maelstrom their elders create. Allow them to choose their own path, excel and help build a better world on their terms." ~Joffre Balce, May 10, 2017
"Rev gov is an option for the President to overcome our present political environment that is rotten, vicious, corrupt, deceptive, and violent. It may be the first and last option for him depending on the threat situation in order to protect our people and our country." ~Abe Purugganan, lifted from FB, 28 November 2017
"Rights are disrespected by those who sincerely believe that electoral fraud is needed in case voters elect the "wrong" candidate." ~Joffre Balce, on Suffrage: Justice For All (April 2018)
"The more highly public life is organized the lower does its morality sink." ~E. M. Forster (1879-1970)
"The picture speaks thousand words of human tragedy and collapsed humanitarian system. The philosophy of world order dictated by the powerful nations is based on changing regimes they don’t like and for that they don’t hesitate bombing people and destroying cities. Once cities become graveyard, they start re-building lives by offering peanuts. They destroyed everything in Iraq and Libya. Afghanistan, Yemen and Syria are still bleeding. The unfortunate thing is they talk about people’s dignity and humanitarian principles!" ~Наят Карим (on current affairs January 2020/The Voice of Reason/FB
"The revolution is not an apple that falls when it is ripe. You have to make it fall." ~Che Guevara
"True warriors for social justice will never bow to masters responsible -- either by complicity or participation -- for social injustices and inequality in the application of rights in the world, regardless of what realpolitik presents as an excuse." ~Joffre Balce
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"I believe that until the basic issue between Israel and the Palestinians is resolved, there's never going to have any hope of any decent situation there." ~Bob Hawke, Former Australian PM on changing "the chemistry" of the Middle East.
"I hope we can follow the wishes of the people and use this visit as an opportunity to push China-Philippines relations back on a friendly footing and fully improve things" ~President Xi (DDS FB, October 21, 2016, Beijing) on President RR Duterte during his recent State Visit to the Republic of China
"In exchange for those two words - "WE THOUGHT" - the mighty and lone world superpower, the United States of America together with Great Britain, France led around 38 other nations to execute Saddam Hussein, directly caused the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Iraqis, reduced the whole of Baghdad into a pile of rubbles and rotting corpses, precipitated the Iraqi civil war, created the condition for the emergence of Isis and exacerbated an already volatile region into a powderkeg." ~Bryan Ng Co, (Comment on: "The main reason we went into Iraq at that time was WE THOUGHT he had weapons of mass destruction. It turns out he didn't but he had the capacity to make weapons of mass destruction." ~George Walker Bush, 43rd PRESIDENT (2001 - 2009), United States of America from "INTERNATIONAL MEDIA: WEAPONS OF MASS HYSTERIA"
"It will be of little avail to the people, if the law is so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood." ~James Madison, the Father of the American Constitution
"My loyalty to my party ends where my loyalty to my country begins." ~President Manuel L. Quezon, (1939, in an article in INSIDE ASIA)
"Nationalism is reflected in disapproval, aversion, and even resistance to foreign cultures." ~Benson Bautista
"Neoliberalism is a self-serving racket that exempts billionaires and large corporations from the constraints of democracy, from paying their taxes, from not polluting, from having to pay fair wages, from not exploiting their workers" - George Monbiot
"She is used by the mainstream media (yes the white, bleachedlonde aussie media) to stir up the bogans and get them firing up their computer keyboards). Politicians love her because she is the public face of division, which means they don't have to be seen to be racist. They just ride the waves that she creates. She has no real policy and no substance.....just backward bogan racism." ~Chris Bonney on Pauline Hanson, Guardian Australia (Nov. 17, 2015)
“The brutal reality of politics would be probably intolerable without drugs.” ~Hunter S. Thompson, Kingdom of Fear: Loathsome Secrets of a Star-Crossed Child in the Final Days of the American Century
"The end of democracy and the defeat of the American Revolution will occur when government falls into the hands of lending institutions and moneyed incorporations." ~Thomas Jefferson
"The freedom of information is key to a balance power between the government and its citizens." ~Martin Andanar, Secretary of Philippines Communication Office, 26 November 2016
“The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things.” ~US President Ronald Reagan
"The idea of passing a law every time someone blinks is a nonsense… Every time you pass a law you take somebody’s privileges away from them." ~Kerry Packer
“The increasing dependence on the State is anything but a healthy symptom, it means that the whole nation is in a fair way to becoming a herd of sheep, constantly relying on a shepherd to drive them into good pastures. The shepherd’s staff soon becomes a rod of iron, and the shepherds turn into wolves. . .” ~Carl G. Jung “Civilisation in Transition”
"The laws politicians tell us are there to protect our environment can seem as pointless as the cheap Christmas giftwrap covering that bottle of wine you just bought for your least favourite uncle." ~Graham Readfearn
"The men who create power make an indispensable contribution to the Nation's greatness, but the men who question power make a contribution just as indispensable, especially when that questioning is disinterested, for they determine whether we use power or power uses us." ~John F. Kennedy (1917-1963)
"The most difficult task is searching for good and honest people in government. Our institutions are not only weak, they are rotten and corrupt to the core." ~Michael Tomelden
"The people just want to see government hard at work and making things work for them." ~Rafael Alunan III
"The price of admission in democracy is citizenship. One of the responsibilities of citizenship is paying correct taxes." ~Darwin Cañete
"The scale of homelessness throughout Australia is indeed due to mental health ... of the politicians and the vested interests they serve and not of the homeless." ~Joffre Balce
"The true hope of our world isn't found in its politics but in the power of God's people to be salt and light in the world." ~Dr. David Jeremiah, Turning Point
"The true terrorists of our world do not meet at the docks at midnight, or scream 'Allahu Akbar'before some violent action. The true terrorists of our world wear $5,000 suits and work in the highest positions of finance, government and business." ~Peter Joseph
"The Westminster Parliamentary System is the way to go...it focuses on a change in political culture from idealisation of personalities to a scrutiny of platforms and manifestos." ~Fr. Rannie Aquino (from Yesu Ben)
"The whole inspiration of our life as a nation flows out from the waving folds of this banner, "The American Flag"" ~Anon, Flag Day, June 14, is the day the United States officially adopted the Stars and Stripes. It is the birthday of our American flag.
“The word "politics" is derived from the word "poly", meaning 'many', and the word 'ticks', meaning 'blood sucking parasites'.” ~Larry Hardiman
"The world needs very tough leaders like President Duterte in fighting many of the menaces bedeviling the world today." ~Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany
“The worst illiterate is the political illiterate, he doesn’t hear, doesn’t speak, nor participates in the political events. He doesn’t know the cost of life, the price of the bean, of the fish, of the flour, of the rent, of the shoes and of the medicine, all depends on political decisions. The political illiterate is so stupid that he is proud and swells his chest saying that he hates politics. The imbecile doesn’t know that, from his political ignorance is born the prostitute, the abandoned child, and the worst thieves of all, the bad politician, corrupted and flunky of the national and multinational companies.” ~Bertolt Brecht
"There are a number of conflicts of interest involved in commercialised elections and political appointments thereafter to Constitutional bodies -- loyalty to parties, businesses and law firns can be quite tricky." ~Joffre Balce
“This nation is peaceful, but fierce when stirred to anger.” ~George Walker Bush on America
"This statement is a reflection of a leader who's willing to abase himself just to meet the people in common ground. It's a rare attribute found in high ranking officials or head of the state. Duterte is unique, down-to-earth, and wise." ~Aleph Haorh
“Those who imagine that a politician would make a better figurehead than a hereditary monarch might perhaps make the acquaintance of more politicians.” ~Margaret Thatcher
"Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber." ~Plato
“To err is human. To blame someone else is POLITICS.” ~Hubert H. Humphrey
"To govern, you have to foresee. Government must anticipate events and not merely react to them." ~Napoleon Bonaparte (“Pour gouverner il faut prevoir.” )
"To my mind, what comes as a pleasant offshoot of Duterte’s victory is the fact that more and more Filipinos have awoken from their indifference over what’s happening in the country and are now actually interested enough to contribute to the political discourse. I know of contacts who have now started to care enough to expect better government service, whereas before it was all just about thriving in their own comfortable spheres whilst fending off the inconveniences of government ineptitude." ~Patricia Mirasol
"[UN] Human Rights Body has done an investigation on the extrajudicial killings in the Philippines. I want to announce it here that the war against drugs in the Philippines under President Rodrigo Duterte is for the good of the people, of the Philippines and it is indeed promoting patriotism and good governance." ~Antonio Guterres, UN Secretary General (2017)
"We live in a highly organised state of socialism. The state is all; the individual is of importance only as he contributes to the welfare of the state. His property is only his as the state does not need it. He must hold his life and his possessions at the call of the state." ~Bernard Baruch
"We will no longer use the US military to build democracy abroad, or try to rebuild other countries in our image and likeness. This time is gone. In return, we will ask our partners to defend our common interests. We do not ask others to change their way of life, but we ask to pursue common goals that will enable our children to live better. And this will be the determining factor in making our decisions. " ~Pres. Donald Trump (FB, 28 August 2017)
“We will not become free when the state goes away. Rather the state will go away once we are free.” ~ Butler Shaffer, author, The Wizards of Ozymandias
"What I think politicians should be doing, if they had any guts, is to introduce a libel system which is punitive. If a journalist has the evidence to prove his allegations, then by all means, let them be printed. But if they’re wrong, then it should be costing their organizations millions, not tens or hundreds of thousands." ~Kerry Packer
"What is history but the story of how politicians have squandered the blood and treasure of the human race." ~Thomas Sowell
"When politics continually gets in the way of nation-building - of growing the economy; of developing our ethics, knowledge and skills; of uniting the nation; of harmonizing our diverse cultures - whenever a political solution is applied to every problem that has nothing to do with politics - that only means we keep repeating the same stupid mistake. That makes us a stupid race. To save us from ourselves, we need to classify stupidity as a heinous crime." ~Rafael Alunan III, May 30, 2017
"Why do we solicit the opinions and half-baked analyses of foreign observers when they aren't even stakeholders in this political problem?....If and when the dust of this political war settles, these international media outfits can just as easily offer a half-meant apology and say, "We thought Duterte was going to be a dictator as your VP had said. So, we helped you remove him. It turns out that he wasn't but he certainly had all the capacity to be a dictator."....And we, the Filipinos, will be left to pick up the pieces of a broken republic." ~Bryan Ng Co
“Why don't you show us a statesman who can rise up to the emergency, and cave in the emergency's head.”
Artemus Ward (pseudonym of Charles Farrar Browne)
"You are the greatest enemy of the Palestinian people." ~Mosab Hassan Yousef, Palestinian “Green Prince” on UN HUMAN RIGHTS
"You imprison the poor wretch who steals because he is hungry; but none of the hundreds who steal millions from the Government has ever spent a night in jail." ~Fidel Castro
"You went to the Court for relief. And it gave you a ruling based on law. But justice is rendered by any court not on the basis of politics but on the basis of law." ~Antonio P. Contreras, Philippine Political Scientist, 14 November 2016
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"A great leader is one who is beholden to his nation. He is without prejudice; and who is fair, just and merciful." ~Leah C. Dancel, April 6, 2017
“As to religion, I hold it to be the indispensable duty of all government, to protect all conscientious professors thereof, and I know of no other business which government hath to do therewith.” ~Thomas Paine
"Depopulation should be the highest priority of foreign policy towards the third world." ~Henry Kissinger
“Every special calling in life, if it is to be followed with success, requires peculiar qualifications of understanding and soul,” ~Carl von Clausewitz in his opus On War.
"In Digong's speech, I was speechless. Everything I want to hear he had said. He is truly the voice of the voiceless." ~Arsenio Antonio, July 24, 2017, PRRD, Philippines SONA2
"Fiipinos have a President, a real President, one that they are proud of." ~John Parsons on President RR Duterte (May 2017)
"First, it was wine. Now it's snags! Politics will always be a job of damnation. Right or wrong, there's no way out!" ~Leah C. Dancel, April 5 on Food and Politics
“Force is the antithesis of freedom, but force must be used, if only to defend against other force.” ~Thomas Sowell
on Politics / government
"I anticipated Trump to look inward. His speech made it clear that America will focus inward to rebuild. The nations of the world will have to step up and keep the peace worldwide. This is a turning point in world history." ~Rafael Alunan III on America's Retreat, FB 2017
"I call therefore a complete and generous education that which fits a man to perform justly, skillfully, and magnanimously all the offices, both private and public, of peace and war." ~John Milton (1608-1674)
"I cry for my people and my country." ~Ferdinand E. Marcos, President of the Philippines 1986
"I hope we can follow the wishes of the people and use this visit as an opportunity to push China-Philippines relations back on a friendly footing and fully improve things" - President Xi (DDS FB, October 21, 2016, Beijing) on President RR Duterte during his recent State Visit to the Republic of China
"I think (that) President Duterte was responding to the concerns of the people of the Philippines, and the lesson for politicians around the world is to tap into the concerns, particularly of those who feel left behind by globalization, those who have been affected by the disruption of technologies, and those who fear change." ~Julie Bishop, Foreign Minister of Australia, March 17-18, 2017
"I think (that is) the challenge facing governments around the world, that while globalization and economic integration, economic competition, have undoubted benefits, more people need to share in those benefits." ~Julie Bishop on her recent visit to the Philippines, March 17-18, 2017
"I wonder when the politicians of this world will reflect on the policies they've pushed for for the mere increase of digits in their bank accounts and other stakeholders of these horrible wars, at the expense of thousands and thousands of innocent men, women and children, whose only crime was to be at the wrong place at the wrong time..." ~Mohammed Sa'ad Al Bukhsh
“If you don’t want the Philippines to turn into another Syria, please support martial law and cooperate with the government to find the terrorists and criminals. Be advised that some corporate media outlets are not reporting the real important news facts, and manipulating the news for their own agenda and for increasing their sales and popularity.” ~Amir Assadollahi, Canadian Political Analyst
"Just as every facet of our government is rotten to the core, the only way to change it is to dismantle it and start anew." ~Jovybev Aquino, August 25, 2017
"No church property is taxed so the infidel and the atheist and the man without religion are taxed to make up the deficit in the public income this caused." ~Mark Twain
"No single person, no body of opinion, no political doctrine, no religious doctrine can claim a monopoly on truth" ~Nelson Mandela during an address to the International Federation of Newspaper Publishers, Prague, Czech Republic, 26 May 1992 Living The Legacy
"Nobody seems to recognize that the root of the divide is more due to different political priorities. Why are we always talking at cross purposes? Because at the top of your list are EJKs and the burial of Marcos at Libingan. At the top of my list is a move toward efficient and effective government, one that is sincere in its service to the people. I am for tax reform, higher fiscal spending and opening up to Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). I believe what Lee Kuan Yew said about the Philippines is true: that the US-style setup of government has failed us even before Marcos tried to change it, and I believe we should move to a parliamentary and federalist system. We need to break up our huge archipelagic country into more manageable and governable federal states. I am concerned that the corruption we have always seen in Philippine politics may have links to drugs—narcopolitics, in other words. I am for peace in Mindanao and a tough stance on terrorists and outlaws. I feel all these things are closer to happening with this administration. Duterte gets all of this and is the best chance we have had since...forever." ~Charles Englund
"People should best learn to leave the innocent children out of the political maelstrom their elders create. Allow them to choose their own path, excel and help build a better world on their terms." ~Joffre Balce, May 10, 2017
"Rev gov is an option for the President to overcome our present political environment that is rotten, vicious, corrupt, deceptive, and violent. It may be the first and last option for him depending on the threat situation in order to protect our people and our country." ~Abe Purugganan, lifted from FB, 28 November 2017
"Rights are disrespected by those who sincerely believe that electoral fraud is needed in case voters elect the "wrong" candidate." ~Joffre Balce, on Suffrage: Justice For All (April 2018)
"The more highly public life is organized the lower does its morality sink." ~E. M. Forster (1879-1970)
"The picture speaks thousand words of human tragedy and collapsed humanitarian system. The philosophy of world order dictated by the powerful nations is based on changing regimes they don’t like and for that they don’t hesitate bombing people and destroying cities. Once cities become graveyard, they start re-building lives by offering peanuts. They destroyed everything in Iraq and Libya. Afghanistan, Yemen and Syria are still bleeding. The unfortunate thing is they talk about people’s dignity and humanitarian principles!" ~Наят Карим (on current affairs January 2020/The Voice of Reason/FB
"The revolution is not an apple that falls when it is ripe. You have to make it fall." ~Che Guevara
"True warriors for social justice will never bow to masters responsible -- either by complicity or participation -- for social injustices and inequality in the application of rights in the world, regardless of what realpolitik presents as an excuse." ~Joffre Balce
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"I believe that until the basic issue between Israel and the Palestinians is resolved, there's never going to have any hope of any decent situation there." ~Bob Hawke, Former Australian PM on changing "the chemistry" of the Middle East.
"I hope we can follow the wishes of the people and use this visit as an opportunity to push China-Philippines relations back on a friendly footing and fully improve things" ~President Xi (DDS FB, October 21, 2016, Beijing) on President RR Duterte during his recent State Visit to the Republic of China
"In exchange for those two words - "WE THOUGHT" - the mighty and lone world superpower, the United States of America together with Great Britain, France led around 38 other nations to execute Saddam Hussein, directly caused the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Iraqis, reduced the whole of Baghdad into a pile of rubbles and rotting corpses, precipitated the Iraqi civil war, created the condition for the emergence of Isis and exacerbated an already volatile region into a powderkeg." ~Bryan Ng Co, (Comment on: "The main reason we went into Iraq at that time was WE THOUGHT he had weapons of mass destruction. It turns out he didn't but he had the capacity to make weapons of mass destruction." ~George Walker Bush, 43rd PRESIDENT (2001 - 2009), United States of America from "INTERNATIONAL MEDIA: WEAPONS OF MASS HYSTERIA"
"It will be of little avail to the people, if the law is so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood." ~James Madison, the Father of the American Constitution
"My loyalty to my party ends where my loyalty to my country begins." ~President Manuel L. Quezon, (1939, in an article in INSIDE ASIA)
"Nationalism is reflected in disapproval, aversion, and even resistance to foreign cultures." ~Benson Bautista
"Neoliberalism is a self-serving racket that exempts billionaires and large corporations from the constraints of democracy, from paying their taxes, from not polluting, from having to pay fair wages, from not exploiting their workers" - George Monbiot
"Never underestimate stupid people
in positions of power." ~Paulo Coelho
“One can become a leader only if one is supported by an ideology which makes other people tractable and accommodating.” ~Ludwig von Mises
"Philippines goverment has been in a long battle against narcotics after President Duterte vowed to continue with the fight despite frequent condemnation by the international community human rights and other critics." ~NewsFox, 27 July 2017
"... people of every political persuasion, ponder on the role of the half-blind international press that are stoking the flames of conflict between and among Filipinos today. Do they know more about the Philippines than the Filipinos?" ~Bryan Ng Co
"Racism will never end as long as white cars are stil using black tyres. Racism will never end if people still use black to symbolise bad luck and white for peace. Racism will never end if people still wear white clothes to weddings and black clothes to funerals. Racism will never end as long as those who don't pay their bills are blacklisted not white listed. Even when playing Pool, You haven't won until you've sunk the black ball, and the white ball must remain on the table. But I don't care, as long as I'm still using white toilet paper to wipe my black ass I'm happy." ~Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe President
"She would have wanted two things above all else to happen now, one that our precious children are bathed in love and two, that we all unite to fight against the hatred that killed her. Hate doesn't have a creed, race or religion, it is poisionous" ~Brendan Cox, husband of British MP Jo Cox who was murdered 16 June 2016
"Supporting the duly constituted government is our fundamental duty to the Republic and the Constitution." ~Darwin Cañete, April 1, 2017
"Surely Australia can use this Paris climate agreement to finally end the barren, wasted years of climate policy war." ~Lenore Taylor
"Terrorism, criminality, drug syndicates, narco-politics, corruptions are real facts but the media was playing it and manipulate it to fabricate news or create a different viewpoint about the situation in the Philippines." ~Amir Assadollahi, Canadian Political Analyst
"The Balangiga Bell is the stark reminder of the US violation of human rights in the Philippines and if returned, it will be a great apology that we can graciously receive." ~Jerry Jimenez, July 26, 2017 post SONA2
"The main reason we went into Iraq at that time was WE THOUGHT he had weapons of mass destruction. It turns out he didn't but he had the capacity to make weapons of mass destruction." ~George Walker Bush, 43rd PRESIDENT (2001 - 2009), United States of America
"The mere abolition of rent would not remove injustice, since it would not confer a capricious advantage upon the occupiers of the best sites and the most fertile land. It is necessary that there should be rent, but it should be paid to the state or to some body which performs public services; or, if the total rental were more than is required for such purposes, it might be paid into a common fund and divided equally among the population." ~Bertrand Russell
"The Philippines needs Duterte. Any foreign country who can claim to speak against a leader with an 88% support base, should just remain silent. Far too many inept people with little ideas of the politics and political personnel of the Philippines are having far too much to say. The voice of 88% of Filipinos should never be spoken against by anyone." ~Ken Canning, Australian aboriginal leader and activist, October 2, 2017 (Rado Gatchalian - Radu30 Advocacy)
“The [president] has no particle of spiritual jurisdiction. . . .” ~Alexander Hamilton
"The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men." ~Plato
"The thing is that left and right were never separate. Your right hand maybe has done a lot of awful things — like smashing trees, destroying the forest. But when the right hand gets hurt, your left hand comes to its assistance, grabs and holds it without hesitation. This is the way we engage in politics — we try not to see other as separate from us; they are us. We get out there and try to heal but we don’t cause more harm." ~Phap Dung
"The toughness and dedication you showed in directing an independent foreign policy and separating from dependency and submission made everyone listen. Now the Philippines under your leadership will not be bullied or taken for granted." ~Vladimir Putin, President of Russia, on President RR Duterte, 22 November 2016, APEC - Lima, Peru
“The trouble with us in government is that we talk too much, act too slow, and do too little.” ~Mayor RR Duterte, during the Senate hearing in 2014 (Source:Excerpt from the article 'A Year of Change' to be published in The Philippine Panorama, Manila Bulletin's Sunday magazine, Jan. 1, 2017)
“The whole inspiration of our life as a nation flows out from the waving folds of this banner.” ~Anon
"There is no more dangerous menace to civilisation than a government of incompetent, corrupt, or vile men." ~Ludwig von Mises
"There is only one Philippine Government and one Armed Forces. All others are illegal and enemies of the state." ~Abe Puruggana, 27 July 2017
"We do not want freedom without bread, nor do we want bread without freedom. We must provide for all the fundamental rights and freedoms associated with a democratic society." ~Nelson Mandela during his Investiture as Doctor of Laws, Soochow University, Taiwan, 1 August 1993, Living The Legacy
"We won't beat drugs if we keep saying we can't. Defeatism is like aiding and abetting this deadly trade. We will beat drugs if both the government and society come together to extinguish it by addressing the supply and demand ends of the business equation. ............. Government addresses supply, society addresses demand. Government in the exercise of good governance; society in the exercise of responsible citizenship. It's called "whole-of-nation" approach with unity of purpose to save our children's future." ~Rafael Alanan III, 11 January 2017
"When a citizen gives his vote to a man of known immorality, he abuses his civic responsibility and he betrays the interest of his country." ~Noah Webster
“When my country, into which I had just set my foot, was set on fire about my ears, it was time to stir. It was time for every man to stir.” ~Thomas Paine
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"There is only one Philippine Government and one Armed Forces. All others are illegal and enemies of the state." ~Abe Puruggana, 27 July 2017
"We do not want freedom without bread, nor do we want bread without freedom. We must provide for all the fundamental rights and freedoms associated with a democratic society." ~Nelson Mandela during his Investiture as Doctor of Laws, Soochow University, Taiwan, 1 August 1993, Living The Legacy
"We won't beat drugs if we keep saying we can't. Defeatism is like aiding and abetting this deadly trade. We will beat drugs if both the government and society come together to extinguish it by addressing the supply and demand ends of the business equation. ............. Government addresses supply, society addresses demand. Government in the exercise of good governance; society in the exercise of responsible citizenship. It's called "whole-of-nation" approach with unity of purpose to save our children's future." ~Rafael Alanan III, 11 January 2017
"When a citizen gives his vote to a man of known immorality, he abuses his civic responsibility and he betrays the interest of his country." ~Noah Webster
“When my country, into which I had just set my foot, was set on fire about my ears, it was time to stir. It was time for every man to stir.” ~Thomas Paine
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