“Of course the biggest mafia in Russia has always been the government; in Soviet times, the Communist Party, and now a circle of former KGB and FSB.” GovernmentCoursesPartyCirclesRussiaFormerCommunistSovietMafiaCommunist PartyKgb Author:Martin Cruz Smith
“In former days, when there were Whigs instead of Liberals, it was almost a rule of political life that all leading Whigs sould be uncles, brothers-in-law, or cousins to each other. This was pleasant and gave great consistency to the party; but the system has now gone out of vogue.” LawPoliticalPartyGoneBrotherFormerPleasantConsistencyUnclesCousinIn-lawsVoguePolitical LifeBrother In Law Book:Phineas Redux Source: Phineas Redux
“Sistani’s office refuses the replacement of the law because it is not an Iraqi demand but it is a political demand to please some sides.” LawPoliticalSidesPartyPleaseDemandMembersOfficeRefuseFormerPublic LifeReplacements Author:Ali al-Sistani
“The Communist Party of China is a party that seeks peace, harmony and reconciliation, unlike the Communist Party of the former Soviet Union” PartyHarmonyUnionsChinaFormerCommunistSovietSoviet UnionReconciliationCommunist PartyPeace Harmony Author:Zheng Bijian
“The main difference between the Prague Spring and the Velvet Revolution was that the former was mostly the work of Communist party members and others who wanted to bring about 'socialism with a human face.'” HumansWantedFacesDifferencesPartyRevolutionMembersSpringSocialismFormerCommunistVelvetCommunist PartyHuman FacesPrague Author:Adam Michnik
“These left-overs from the former Young Turk Party, who should have been made to account for the millions of our Christian subjects who were ruthlessly driven en masse, from their homes and massacred, have been restive under the Republican rule.” ShouldHas BeensMadeHomeChristianYoungLeftPartyMillionsSubjectsRepublicanShould HaveAccountsDrivenFormerGenocideShould Have BeenMassacresArmeniansArmeniaArmenian Genocide Author:Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
“There is one great fact, characteristic of this our nineteenth century, a fact which no party dares deny. On the one hand, there have started into life industrial and scientific forces which no epoch of former human history had ever suspected. On the other hand, there exist symptoms of decay, far surpassing the horrors recorded of the latter times of the Roman empire. In our days everything seems pregnant with its contrary.” HumansFactsHandsSeemsForcePartyCenturyHorrorDareDenyContraryFormerCharacteristicsLatterEmpiresDecayPregnantSymptomsHuman HistoryNineteenth CenturyRoman EmpireEpochSurpassing Book:Karl Marx: Selected Writings Source: Karl Marx: Selected Writings
“Joschka Fischer was a Green Party politician and Germany's foreign minister. We hired Mr. Fischer, as well as former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, as advisors because we, as an automaker, want to know, for example, how new emissions laws will develop in the United States, Europe and Asia. Fischer and Ms. Albright have diverse contacts worldwide. They can call our attention to trends early on, information from which we can benefit.” KnowsWantWellsStatesLawUnitedPartyAttentionUnited StatesInformationExamplePoliticianBenefitsEuropeGreenContactFormerMinistersGermanyTrendsDiverseSecretaryAsiaEmissionsAdvisorsFischerMadeleinesGreen Party Author:Norbert Reithofer
“Besides, there is more that binds us to Bolshevism than separates us from it. There is, above all, genuine, revolutionary feeling, which is alive everywhere in Russia except where there are Jewish Marxists. I have always made allowance for this circumstance, and given orders that former Communists are to be admitted to the party at once. The petit bourgeois Social-Democrat and the trade-union boss will never make a National Socialist, but the Communist always will.” MadeFeelingsOrderGivenSocialPartyAliveCircumstancesTradeUnionsDemocratRussiaGenuineFormerRevolutionaryBossCommunistSocialistBourgeoisMarxistAllowanceTrade UnionsBolshevism Author:Adolf Hitler
“My task, as a member of this parliament and a 30-year member of the Australian Labor Party, as its former leader, as its former foreign minister and its former prime minister, is to now throw my every effort in securing Julia Gillard's re-election as Labor prime minister at the next election.” YearsNextPartyEffortLeaderMembersLaborTasksElectionFormerMinistersPrimePrime MinisterParliamentAustralianJulia Author:Kevin Rudd