“What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition to virtue and the performance of virtuous actions.” CharacterActionPoliticalCertainPoliticsMoralVirtueProduceCitizensPoliticianAnxietyPerformancesFellowsAnxiousVirtuousDispositionStatesmenMoral Character Book:Ethics: The Nicomachean Ethics Source: Ethics: The Nicomachean Ethics
“What acquaintance have the people at large with the arena of political rectitude, with the connections of kingdoms, the resources of national strength, the abilities of ministers, or even with their own dispositions?...I pay no regard whatever to the voice of the people: it is their duty to do what is proper, without considering what may be agreeable.” PeopleMayPoliticalVoiceAbilityPayDutyResourcesConnectionsRegardKingdomsMinistersConsideringDispositionArenaAcquaintanceRectitude Author:Charles James Fox
“Considering mankind's indifference to freedom, their easy gullibility and their facile response to conditioning, one might very plausibly argue that collectivism is the political mode best suited to their disposition and their capacities. Under its regime, the citizen, like the soldier, is relieved of the burden of initiative and is divested of all responsibility, save for doing as he is told.” MightPoliticalEasyResponsibilityMankindCitizensCapacityResponseSoldierBurdenArguingIndifferenceRegimesInitiativeConsideringDispositionConditioningCollectivismRelievedGullibility Author:Albert J. Nock
“The theory of politics that emerges from the political literature of the pre-Revolutionary years rests on the belief that what lay behind every political scene, the ultimate explanation of every political controversy, was the disposition of power.” YearsPoliticalLiteratureBeliefBehindsTheorySceneUltimateLaysRevolutionaryExplanationDispositionControversy Book:The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution Source: The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution
“Two famous happy warriors - Reagan and his political soulmate, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher - knew they were fighting their own ideological and external wars. But they did so with the sunny dispositions and positive outlooks of those who knew they were on the right side of history.” TwoWarPoliticalFightingSidesBritishWarriorMinistersPrimeDispositionSoulmatePrime MinisterOutlookPositive OutlookSunnyIdeologicalSunny Disposition Author:Monica Crowley