“In our country and in our times no man is worthy the honored name of statesman who does not include the highest practicable education of the people in all his plans of administration. He may have eloquence, he may have a knowledge of all history, diplomacy, jurisprudence; and by these he might claim, in other countries, the elevated rank of a statesman: but unless he speaks, plans, labors, at all times and in all places, for the culture and edification of the whole people, he is not, he cannot be, an American statesman.” PeopleMenMayDoeCountryWholeMightCulturePoliticsNamesSpeakPlansHighestLaborClaimsWorthyOur CountryAll TimeAdministrationOur TimeOther CountriesHonoredDiplomacyEloquenceStatesmenJurisprudenceEdification Book:Lectures on Education Source: Lectures on Education
“Politics at all times lead to bloody wars, and not only politics, but also religions as well as social and economic systems of alltimes are spattered with blood. Invariably the big ones devoured the little ones, and the little ones the tiny ones.” WellsLittlesWarBigsReligionPoliticsSocialHistoryBloodEconomicTinyAll TimeBloodyEconomic Systems Author:Friedrich Durrenmatt
“[Fighting Climate Change] is important for every single person on the planet, which is why it has to be the greatest grassroots movement of all time. This is the battle of our lives. We're fighting for our children.” ChildrenPersonsImportantWisdomRealityPoliticalFightingPoliticsNatureCommunityLeadershipPartyFamilyHistoryOur LivesGenerationsHuman NaturePolicyMovementPlanetsBattleOur ChildrenStrategyUnityClimateClimate ChangeHuman RightsAll TimeIdeologyPolitical PartiesCivilitySingle PersonGrassrootsGrassroots Movements Author:Emma Thompson
“I shall oppose all slavery extension and all increase of slave representation in all places, at all times, under all circumstances, even against all inducements, against all supposed limitations of great interests, against all combinations, against all compromises.” PoliticsInterestEconomyCircumstancesIncreaseSlaverySlaveCompromiseAll TimeLimitationCombinationLiberalismRepresentationExtensions Author:Daniel Webster
“At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide.” IfsDiesPoliticsNationsAnswersDangerApproachSpringDestructionSuicideExpectedAll TimeCivil WarDiscernmentFreemanFinishers Book:The Portable Abraham Lincoln Source: The Portable Abraham Lincoln