Republic's Quotes

In the Islamic Republic the rights of the religious minorities are respectfully regarded. — Ruhollah Khomeini

I have not broken the laws of the United States or the laws of the Dominican Republic. — Sammy Sosa

I have always considered it as treason against the great republic of human nature, to make any man's virtues the means of deceiving him. — Samuel Johnson

Masculine republics give way to feminine democracies, and feminine democracies give way to tyranny. — Aristotle.

I began my journalistic career on the day Ronald Reagan was sworn in. That's the day I showed up for work at 'The New Republic' magazine. — Charles Krauthammer

I do not consider the Lisbon Treaty to be a good thing for Europe, for the freedom of Europe, or for the Czech Republic. — Vaclav Klaus

Martian Congressional Republic Navy. — James S.A. Corey

This Republic was called into being, organized, and is upheld, by a great political doctrine. — Caleb Cushing

Only when a republic's life is in danger should a man uphold his government when it is wrong. There is no other time. — Mark Twain

Personal hatreds and rivalry loomed larger in most senator's minds than the good of the Republic. [A big problem then and now] — Adrian Goldsworthy

But the Republic has its rules and it must not tolerate any abuse of them. — Jean-Pierre Raffarin

It's the Platonic philosophy in The Republic that philosophers should lead the country ... — Alan Lightman

Syntax, my lad. It has been restored to the highest place in the republic. — John Steinbeck

If we just go back to the basics ... I do not want to give up our republic and become a socialistic ideological nation. That's not who we are. — Diane Hendricks

Virtue is necessary to a republic. — Baron De Montesquieu

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

The first requisite of a good citizen in this republic of ours is that he shall be able and willing to pull his own weight. — Theodore Roosevelt

Let us pray for peace in Africa, especially in the Central African Republic and in South Sudan. — Pope Francis

If the Coastal Republic had believed in the existence of virtue, it could at least have aspired to hypocrisy. — Neal Stephenson

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

The Roman Republic would soon be destroyed by the unfettered energy of its great men. The redeeming feature of this aristocracy and — Will Durant

Lola swore she would never return to that terrible country. On one of our last nights as novios she said, Ten million Trujillos is all we are. — Junot Diaz

If everyone could just live near the ocean, I think we'd all be happier. It's hard to be down about anything knee deep in the sand. — Crystal Woods

The Donetsk People's Republic is the self-declared pro-Russian government that wants to break away from Ukraine. — Richard Engel

Dominican Republic is, is prosperous, healthy, full of resorts, etcetera. — Pat Robertson

We need to get back to the Alliance - " She corrects herself. That's old thinking. "The New Republic. — Chuck Wendig

Germany's strength lies largely in the fact that the Federal Republic is a center of industry and that it's an export nation. — Angela Merkel

Tortured for the Republic. — James A. Garfield

The sun is setting on the New Republic," Leia said. "It's time for the Resistance to rise. — Claudia Gray

I submit to you, Mr. President of Congress, my formal resignation as president of the republic. — Alberto Fujimori

MULTITUDE, n. A crowd; the source of political wisdom and virtue. In a republic, the object of the statesman's adoration. — Ambrose Bierce

The failure of the Russian Socialist Republic will be the defeat of the proletariat of the whole world. — Karl Liebknecht

Women are free in the Islamic Republic in the selection of their activities and their future and their clothing. — Ruhollah Khomeini

In a banana republic, one might slip on a banana peel but things do work - now and then for the people, albeit inefficiently and unreliably. — George Ayittey

When I was living in the Dominican Republic, the local kids became a part of my family. — Maika Monroe

She's a legend. She's really huge in the Czech Republic. Everywhere, actually. — Petra Kvitova

The most intimate community of all knowledge - the republic of learning is the high purpose of scholars. — Novalis

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

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

The more corrupt the republic, the more numerous the laws. — Tacitus

Players from the Dominican Republic have a history of not playing well in cold weather ... The ball hurts their hands when they make contact. — Grady Little

Al Qaeda's central political objective is the creation of an Islamic republic, not the progressive realignment of American foreign policy. — Simon Cottee

Living in the Islamic Republic is like having sex with someone you loathe. — Azar Nafisi

An aristocracy in a republic is like a chicken whose head has been cut off; it may run about in a lively way, but in fact it is dead. — Nancy Mitford

Democracy will never be supplanted by a republic of experts - and that is a very good thing. — Thomas Piketty

I am faithfully devoted to the Republic but will not serve it at the expense of my conscience and my honor. — Toussaint Louverture

I am a former sabre fencer and fenced as part of the Uzbek republic team. — Alisher Usmanov

The life of a republic lies certainly in the energy, virtue, and intelligence of its citizens. — Andrew Johnson

A representative owes not just his industry but his judgement — Edmund Burke

The same fact that Boccaccio offers in support of religion might be adduced in behalf of a republic: It exists in spite of its ministers. — Heinrich Heine

Mankind censure injustice fearing that they may be the victims of it, and not because they shrink from committing it. — Plato

Republic. I like the sound of the word. — John Wayne

The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money. — Alexis De Tocqueville

The American Republic was bound - is still bound - to follow in the centuries to come the same course to destruction as did Rome. — Robert W. Welch Jr.

It is our sacred duty to transmit unimpaired to our posterity the blessings of liberty which were bequeathed to us by the founders of the Republic. — Andrew Johnson

I can't be calm when I drive through sections of Atlanta that look more like Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, than America. — Cynthia McKinney

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

The one thing everyone in the Republic had plenty of was time. Whatever you didn't do today really could be put off until tomorrow. — Jonathan Franzen

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

I've been in love (truly) with five women, the Spanish Republic and the 4th Infantry Division. — Ernest Hemingway,

The Bible is the rock on which this Republic rests. — Andrew Jackson

Washington, one feels in Washington, is the spoiled child of the republic. — Montgomery Schuyler

In 'The Republic' he [Plato] states that the enjoyment of food is not a true pleasure because the purpose of eating is to relieve pain - hunger. — Mark Kurlansky

Republics exist only on the tenure of being constantly agitated ... There is no republican road to safety but in constant distrust. — Wendell Phillips

What is called a republic, is not any particular form of government ... it is naturally opposed to the word monarchy, which means arbitrary power. — Thomas Paine

Republics are brought to their ends by luxury; monarchies by poverty. — Baron De Montesquieu

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

The Republic will destroy terrorism. — Francois Hollande

It is the goal of the American university to be the brains of the republic. — Johan Huizinga

If the Czar will not accord our people these desired liberties, then a revolution will bring about a republic which will assure us our rights. — Jacob Schiff

I would like to tell you as the president of the republic, I am not embarrassed to listen to the Youth of my country and to respond to them. — Hosni Mubarak

The only foundation for useful education in a republic is to be laid in religion. — Thomas Jefferson

For PEOPLE to rule themselves in a REPUBLIC , they must have virtue;for a TYRANT to rule in a TYRANNY ,he must use FEAR. — William J. Federer

Republic ... it means people can live free, talk free, go or come, buy or sell, be drunk or sober, however they choose. — John Wayne

How could you say the best form of government is a republic if you think the universe is a monarchy? — Alan Watts

The Republic's most wanted criminal is just a boy, sitting before me, suddenly vulnerable, laying all his weaknesses out for me to see. — Marie Lu

The Islamic Republic is proud to be the target of the rage of the world's greatest Satan. — Ali Khamenei

Corruption could lead to the collapse of the Party [Communist Party of China] and the downfall of the State [People's Republic of China]. — Xi Jinping

Well, it's the Czech Republic now, but more specifically Prague. I went there when I was 12. — Anwar Robinson

The phony surrender's over; the ceasefire has ended. The final fight for the Republic has begun. — Marie Lu

The rapid rise of the People's Republic of China as a military and economic power is challenging the status quo. — Dan Quayle

Art is not a mobocracy. It's a republic. — Richard Powers

What a joke! Poor little rich girl's fallen in love with the Republic's most famous criminal. — Marie Lu

The city of Tehran is a very modern metropolis, and there's an emphasis in the Islamic republic on science and advancement and technology. — Hooman Majd

The U.S. prosecution service is eating at the soul of the American republic. It is an absolute danger to everyone. — Conrad Black

I was reading Plato's 'The Republic' at age 18, and I can't account fully the electricity that had for me. — Raymond Moody

To keep a kind of republic of the spirit - that's what I call success. — Edith Wharton

It's the duty of a Republic soldier to be loyal to the end, and I'm still a soldier. I will be one until I die. — Marie Lu

Music does affect your opinions. Plato is supposed to have said "It's very dangerous to allow the wrong kind of music into the republic." — Pete Seeger

Twitter, Facebook and YouTube have to respect the Turkish Republic's laws — Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Every Arab 'republic' has been a republic of fear, but only Saddam Hussein's Iraq surpassed the Assads' Syria in number of victims. — Elliott Abrams

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

Do not expect Plato's ideal republic; be satisfied with even the smallest step forward, and consider this no small achievement. — Marcus Aurelius

I read Plato's 'Republic.' I read it through about five times until I could actually understand it. — Huey Newton

I tell fundamentalists that there is no question of them attacking our Republic's foundations. — Jean-Pierre Raffarin

For he (Cato) gives his opinion as if he were in Plato's Republic, not in Romulus' cesspool. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

The Republic isn't as much fun as The Symposium. It's all long speeches, and nobody bursting in drunk to woo Socrates in the middle. — Jo Walton

He talks like he's living in Plato's Republic, not Romulus's shit-hole. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

The mentality of who is your uncle - an ethnocentric way of thinking, is one of the leading causes of South Sudan's internal conflicts. — Duop Chak Wuol

Reverend Jesse Jackson, President-for-Life of the People's Republic of Himself. — Mark Steyn