“The poet wants justice. And the poet wants art. In poetry we can't have one without the other.” Quote by Edward Hirsch
“There has never been a great poet who wasn't also a great reader of poetry.” PoetReaderGreat Poet Author:Edward Hirsch
“Mao is a sometime Yin sometime Yang strange man, he has a soft-as-cotton outer layer, but at the same time has sharp needles hiding inside... I do not think he could achieve anything, at the end he will be crushed inside my palm.” ThinkingMenEndsAchieveStrangeHidingLayersPalmsCrushedNeedlesCottonMaoYangStrange Man Author:Chiang Kai-shek
“It is not worth it to sacrifice the interest of the country for the sake of my son.” CountryInterestSacrificeSonSakeMy SonWorth ItNot Worth It Author:Chiang Kai-shek
“Communism has established centres of infection... No area in the world is as vital to American security as the Caribbean...We need a massive injection of money to reset the country on its feet, and this injection can come only from our great, capable friend and neighbor the United States.” WorldNeedsCountryStatesUnitedUnited StatesFeetSecurityCapableAreasNeighborCommunismMassiveCentreInfectionCaribbeanResetInjection Author:Francois Duvalier
“I accept the people's will. As a revolutionary, I have no right to disregard the will of the people.” PeopleAcceptingRevolutionaryDisregard Author:Francois Duvalier
“God and the people are the source of all power. I have twice been given the power. I have taken it, and damn it, I will keep it forever.” PeopleGivenForeverTakenSourceDamn Author:Francois Duvalier
“The self-discipline of the Social Democracy is not merely the replacement of the authority of bourgeois rulers with the authority of a socialist central committee. The working class will acquire the sense of the new discipline, the freely assumed self-discipline of the Social Democracy, not as a result of the discipline imposed on it by the capitalist state, but by extirpating, to the last root, its old habits of obedience and servility.” SelfStatesLastsSocialResultsClassDemocracyHabitDisciplineAuthorityRootsObedienceAcquireCapitalistRulersSocialistCommitteesSelf DisciplineWorking ClassBourgeoisReplacementsOld HabitsServilitySocial Democracy Author:Rosa Luxemburg
“Stronger than all the armies is an idea thats time has come. ... The time has come for equality of opportunity in sharing in government, in education, and in employment. It will not be stayed or denied. It is here!” IdeasGovernmentOpportunityArmyStrongerEmploymentDeniedEquality Of Opportunity Author:Everett Dirksen
“If gun control bore any relation to homicide rates, Washington, DC would be the safest place in the country.” IfsCountryWould BeGunRelationSafetyRateDeceptionBoresGun ControlHomicideWashington Dc Author:Mark Steyn
“The salient feature of America in the Age of Obama is a failed government class institutionally committed to living beyond its means, and a citizenry too many of whom are content to string along.” MeanGovernmentAgeAmericaClassIgnoranceCommittedDebtFeaturesHypocrisyStringsCitizenry Author:Mark Steyn