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“If history teaches us anything, it teaches that simple-minded appeasement or wishful thinking about our adversaries is folly.”

Ifs Thinking Politics Simple Teach Folly Adversaries Wishful Thinking Appeasement

Book:The Last Best Hope: The Greatest Speeches of Ronald Reagan

Source: The Last Best Hope: The Greatest Speeches of Ronald Reagan

“All free governments are managed by the combined wisdom and folly of the people.”

People Government Political Politics Diversity Folly Free Government Character Education

Author:James A. Garfield

“We can't forever be spending our lives paying for political follies that never gave us anything but always took from us, and I amcontent with the narrowest metes and bounds provided I have peace and quiet for work.”

Political Politics Forever Our Lives Quiet Bounds Spending Folly Contentment Peace And Quiet

Book:Stefan and Friderike Zweig: their correspondence, 1912-1942

Source: Stefan and Friderike Zweig: their correspondence, 1912-1942

“The Party System was founded on one national notion of fair play. It was the notion that folly and futility should be fairly divided between both sides.”

Should Play Humor Politics Sides Party Fairs Notion Folly Divided Both Sides Futility Fair Play

Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton

“Politics is the food of sense exposed to the hunger of folly.”

Politics Hunger Folly Exposed

Author:Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke

“Whensoever, therefore, the legislative shall transgress this fundamental rule of society, and either by ambition, fear, folly, or corruption, endeavour to grasp themselves, or put into the hands of any other, an absolute power over the lives, liberties, and estates of the people, by this breach of trust they forfeit the power the people had put into the hands... and it devolves to the people, who have a right to resume their original liberty, and... provide for their own safety and security.”

Source: Two Treatises of Government: With a Supplement, Patriarcha, by Robert Filmer

“In our age there is no such thing as 'keeping out of politics.' All issues are political issues, and politics itself is a mass of lies, evasions, folly, hatred and schizophrenia.”

Age Political Lying Politics Issues Mass Hatred Folly Birthday Schizophrenia Evasion Political Issues Political Language Anti Political Bad Language

Book:All Art Is Propaganda: Critical Essays

Source: All Art Is Propaganda: Critical Essays

“It is folly for an eminent man to think of escaping censure, and a weakness to be affected with it. All the illustrious persons of antiquity, and indeed of every age in the world, have passed through this fiery persecution.”

Thinking Men World Persons Age Political Politics Weakness Folly Birthday Affected Persecution Escaping Antiquity Fiery Censure

Book:The spectator

Source: The spectator