256 Quotes About Political-science

Meritocracy is about building a society which is shaped by excellence and guided by character.

The idea is more horny on paper than in practice.

The aim of Cold War competition in the third world was not to win a contest between rival models of economic development but above all to "fill(...) a spiritual void," for "even Communism has made many more converts through the theological quality of Marxism than through the materialistic aspect on which it prides itself.

The notion that i am a troublemaker because i fight against wrong things done by elites at the University of Namibia is highly uneducated. Our university is one of the finnest institutions in Southern Africa and I cannot afford to stand and watch some corrupt elements take that pride away from the university.

I don’t want to live and die a lie. So I sacrifice... I try... I live against the wind and pretend to fly.

Through public policy, we can journey down a road less traveled. Through public policy, we can remedy the many problems. But first, public policy should be written to serve the public. Regrettably, the politicians fiddle while we, the new Romans, slowly turn to ashes.

Why did nations turn so often to war in the belief that it was a sharp and quick instrument for shaping international affairs when again and again the instrument had proved to be blunt or unpredictable? This recurring optimism is a vital prelude to war. Anything which increases the optimism is a cause of war. Anything which dampens that optimism is a cause of peace.

Trump is a broken toilet, and we wish the old bog plumbing problems.

Just as military officers must understand force structures, tactics, logistics, munitions, the effects of geography, and the like in order to plot military strategy, political defiance planners must understand the nature and strategic principles of nonviolent struggle.