Famous quotes by Leaders

"Colombians! My last wish is for the happiness of the patria. If my death contributes to the end of partisanship and the consolidation of the union, I shall be lowered in peace into my grave"

Simon Bolivar, Leader

"The continuation of authority has frequently proved the undoing of democratic governments. Repeated elections are essential to the system of popular governments, because there is nothing so dangerous as to suffer power to be vested for a long time in one citizen. The people become accustomed to obeying him, and he becomes accustomed to commanding, hence the origin of usurpation and tyranny"

Simon Bolivar, Leader

"Nations will march towards the apex of their greatness at the same pace as their education. Nations will soar if their education soars; they will regress if it regresses. Nations will fall and sink in darkness if education is corrupted or completely abandoned"

Simon Bolivar, Leader

"A state too expensive in itself, or by virtue of its dependencies, ultimately falls into decay; its free government is transformed into a tyranny; it disregards the principles which it should preserve, and finally degenerates into despotism. The distinguishing characteristic of small republics is stability: the character of large republics is mutability"

Simon Bolivar, Leader

"A people that loves freedom will in the end be free"

Simon Bolivar, Leader

"Let the entire system of government be strengthened, and let the balance of power be drawn up in such a manner that it will be permanent and incapable of decay because of its own tenuity"

Simon Bolivar, Leader

"It is harder to release a nation from servitude than to enslave a free nation"

Simon Bolivar, Leader

"The freedom of the New World is the hope of the Universe"

Simon Bolivar, Leader

"To do something right, it must be done twice. The first time instructs the second"

Simon Bolivar, Leader

"The ignorance the people live in leads them to commit mistakes against their own happiness"

Simon Bolivar, Leader

"You don't tell deliberate lies, but sometimes you have to be evasive"

Margaret Thatcher, Leader

"People think that at the top there isn't much room. They tend to think of it as an Everest. My message is that there is tons of room at the top"

Margaret Thatcher, Leader

"One of the things being in politics has taught me is that men are not a reasoned or reasonable sex"

Margaret Thatcher, Leader

"You and I come by road or rail, but economists travel on infrastructure"

Margaret Thatcher, Leader

"Pennies do not come from heaven. They have to be earned here on earth"

Margaret Thatcher, Leader

"What Britain needs is an iron lady"

Margaret Thatcher, Leader

"Of course it's the same old story. Truth usually is the same old story"

Margaret Thatcher, Leader

"To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best"

Margaret Thatcher, Leader

"What is success? I think it is a mixture of having a flair for the thing that you are doing; knowing that it is not enough, that you have got to have hard work and a certain sense of purpose"

Margaret Thatcher, Leader

"To cure the British disease with socialism was like trying to cure leukaemia with leeches"

Margaret Thatcher, Leader

"This lady is not for turning"

Margaret Thatcher, Leader

"There is no such thing as society: there are individual men and women, and there are families"

Margaret Thatcher, Leader

"There can be no liberty unless there is economic liberty"

Margaret Thatcher, Leader

"There are still people in my party who believe in consensus politics. I regard them as Quislings, as traitors... I mean it!"

Margaret Thatcher, Leader

"Platitudes? Yes, there are platitudes. Platitudes are there because they are true"

Margaret Thatcher, Leader

"It's a funny old world"

Margaret Thatcher, Leader

"It pays to know the enemy - not least because at some time you may have the opportunity to turn him into a friend"

Margaret Thatcher, Leader

"It may be the cock that crows, but it is the hen that lays the eggs"

Margaret Thatcher, Leader

"If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman"

Margaret Thatcher, Leader

"If you lead a country like Britain, a strong country, a country which has taken a lead in world affairs in good times and in bad, a country that is always reliable, then you have to have a touch of iron about you"

Margaret Thatcher, Leader

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