“The price of cowardice will only be evil. We shall reap courage and victory only when we dare to make sacrifices.” WisdomEvilPoliticsEconomySacrificeVictoryDareLiberalismCowardiceReap Book:The Gulag Archipelago Volume 2: An Experiment in Literary Investigation Source: The Gulag Archipelago Volume 2: An Experiment in Literary Investigation
“Three of the last four [elections], '06, '08, and '12, were disastrous for Republicans. And they were years in which we just we stayed quiet, we went along the get-along, we didn't stand on principle. The only year that was a good year for Republicans was 2010, when we painted in bold colors, not in pale pastels. We stood for principle. I think winning this fight right now is the most important thing we can do to see significant victories in 2014.” ThinkingYearsImportantLastsPoliticalFightingThreePoliticsWinningCan DoCommunityLeadershipJusticePartyPrinciplesFourPolicyColorVictoryRepublicanRight NowQuietElectionImportant ThingsStrategyUnitySignificantIdeologyVotingPalePolitical PartiesPartisanshipGood YearsPastel Author:Ted Cruz
“The credit belongs to those who are actually in the arena, who strive valiantly; who know the great enthusiasums, the great devotions, and spend themselves in a worthy cause; who at best know the triumph of high achievement; and who, at worst, if they fail, fail while daring greatly, so that their place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.” IfsKnowsInspirationalSoulMotivationalPoliticsCausesFailingWorstColdVictoryAchievementStriveDefeatWorthyCreditDevotionTriumphDaringArenaDaring GreatlyWorthy Causes Author:Theodore Roosevelt
“If you will not fight for right when you can easily win without bloodshed; if you will not fight when your victory will be sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all odds against you and only a precarious chance of survival. There may be even a worse fate, you may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves.” IfsMayWarMomentsFightingPoliticsWinningPeaceFreedomChanceLibertyFateVictorySurvivalSlaveOddsFreedom And LibertyNo HopeFreedom LibertyProperty RightsNo WarBloodshedBearing ArmsPrecariousLiberty And JusticePerishingGreat VictoryOdds Against You Book:The Gathering Storm Source: The Gathering Storm
“This victory is in large part due to the Internet... For the first time, a coalition of NGOs has had an influence on the security of the entire world without being a superpower.” WorldFirstsPoliticsInfluenceSecurityInternetVictoryFirst TimeDuesSuperpowerCoalitions Author:Jody Williams
“Gentleness brings victory to him who attacks, and safety to him who defends. Those whom Heaven would save, it fences round with gentleness.” PoliticalPoliticsHeavenHumilityVictorySafetyRoundsFenceGentlenessLowliness Author:Laozi
“I do not want to see the Republican party ride to political victory on the Four Horsemen of Calumny-fear, ignorance, bigotry and smear.” WantPoliticalPoliticsFearPartyFourIgnoranceVictoryRepublicanBigotryRepublican PartySlanderCalumnyHorsemenFour HorsemenPolitical Victory Author:Margaret Chase Smith
“Victory has 1,000 fathers; defeat has 1,000 kibitzers.” PoliticalFatherPoliticsVictoryDefeat Author:Jeff Greenfield