The Republic Quotes

The causes which destroyed the ancient republics were numerous; but in Rome, one principal cause was the vast inequality of fortunes.

Homosexuality is not a civil right. Its rise almost always is accompanied, as in the Weimar Republic, with a decay of society and a collapse of its basic cinder block, the family.

In the formative days of the Republic, the directing influence the Bible exercised upon the fathers of the Nation is conspicuously evident.

Virtue in a republic is the love of one's country, that is the love of equality.

The government of the German Democratic Republic rejects secret policies. It works for the people, and only the people, so it does not need to keep secrets like the warmongers.

In the end, one or the other will triumph - a funeral dirge will be sung over the Soviet republic or over world capitalism.

In the republic of mediocrity, genius is dangerous.

If you remove the English army to-morrow and hoist the green flag over Dublin Castle, unless you set about the organisation of the Socialist Republic your efforts would be in vain.

There is not such a cradle of democracy upon the earth as the Free Public Library, this republic of letters, where neither rank, office, nor wealth receives the slightest consideration.

No republic can long exist unless a substantial equality in the wealth of citizens prevails.

Consider: if you incorporate those tropical countries with the Republic of the United States, you will have to incorporate their people too.

It is of great importance in a republic, not only to guard the society against the oppression of its rulers; but to guard one part of the society against the injustice of the other part.

Democracy, republics: What do these words signify?

Let's allow Poland and the Czech Republic to have that missile shield that they were entitled to by joining NATO. I think that's the right strategic response to Russian aggression.

Rebellion against a king may be pardoned, or lightly punished, but the man who dares to rebel against the laws of a republic ought to suffer death.

The less luxury there is in a republic, the more it is perfect.

Executive power is exercised by the President of the Governing Board who, with the title of President of the Republic of Chile, administers the state and is the Supreme Chief of the Nation.

In a republic the first rule for the guidance of the citizen is obedience of the law.

Our country right or wrong is an evil motto - what if your country be in the wrong? It will only compound her injury. I wish to serve the republic with an honest and fearless criticism.

This republic was not established by cowards; and cowards will not preserve it.

Twitter, Facebook and YouTube have to respect the Turkish Republic's laws

For some years I deserted religion in favour of Marxism. The republic of goodness seemed more attainable than the Kingdom of God.

...when the laws have ceased to be executed, as this can only come from the corruption of the republic, the state is already lost.

We belong to the One mastering God: you belong to the republic of playful gods.

You're a sovereign as a citizen. If you're not involved in your government, you're not doing your job. In the long run that's very bad for the Republic.

We need to discuss the basis of a new form of trust built on a meaningful form of citizenship appropriate for a republic.

In the circumstances in which the Republic finds itself, the constitution cannot be inaugurated; it would destroy itself. The provisional government of France is revolutionary until there is peace.

Civility isn't just some optional value in a multicultural, multistate democratic republic. Civility is the key to civilization.

America is not a democracy. I think if your kids understood that - and most people don't. We are a representative republic. We're not a direct democracy.

[In a republic,] it is not the people themselves who make the decisions, but the people they themselves choose to stand in their places.

No republic has long outlived the discovery by a majority of its people that they could vote themselves largesse from the public treasury.

With people's revolutionary rage, the king will be ousted and a democratic state, Islamic Republic, will be established.

Honduras was the original 'banana republic,' and its poverty remains extreme.

This is a case if the President is permitted to be above the law, then we no longer have a republic.

Let it be said: Loyalty to the New World Order is disloyalty to the Republic

Toleration and liberty are the foundations of a great republic.

Music is a more potent instrument than any other for education.

Republics have a longer life and enjoy better fortune than principalities, because they can profit by their greater internal diversity. They are the better able to meet emergencies.

Grant me thirty years of equal division of inheritances and a free press, and I will provide you with a republic.

The total amount paid out in dividends is roughly equal to the amount lost in trading and investment advice, so net dividends to shareholders are zero. This is a very peculiar way to run a republic.

This liberal progressive agenda... is the antithesis of who we are as a constitutional republic.

[To the suggestion that Great Britain might someday want a Republic:] We'll go quietly.

The president of the Arab Republic of Egypt is the commander of the armed forces, full stop.

Those who take oaths to politically powerful secret societies cannot be depended on for loyalty to a democratic republic.

The Czech Republic are coming from behind in more than one way now.

Our great modern Republic. May those who seek the blessings of its institutions and the protection of its flag remember the obligations they impose.

Law And Freedom without Violence (Anarchy) Law And Violence without Freedom (Despotism) Violence without Freedom And Law (Barbarism) Violence with Freedom And Law (Republic)

I think it's a great shame that America stopped being a republic and became an empire.

It is in the American interest to put an end to Nationhood. That is the goal in global government. America must get out of the United Nations or our sovereign Republic will not survive.

The republic stands for truth and honour. For all that is noblest in our race. By truth and honour, principle and sacrifice alone will Ireland be free.