256 Quotes About Political-science

Any change is resisted because bureaucrats have a vested interest in the chaos in which they exist.

There are endless unknowns, and no forecast of a century can be either complete or utterly correct.

Democratizing China is not, however, the principal rationale for engaging it; that is the task of the Chinese themselves. But creating a mutually nonthreatening and beneficial relationship is an appropriate,and achievable, goal for the United States. Acting on the presumption of an existing or probable China threat, on the other hand, exaggerates China's intentions and capabilities and opens the door to a new Cold War.

My dear, it is very nice here, every day two or three persons are stabbed by soldiers in the city; there are daily arrests, but apart from these it is pretty gay..

I know thy works, that thou are neither cold nor hot; I would that thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spew thee out of my mouth.

Power, it seems, is one of those terms we all understand and can explain--until asked to do so.

Personal dislike as a political end to itself was alien to her; one should not attack people in public except as for political purposes. To this extent, her attitude was the exact opposite of her German colleagues' who deplored personal politics in public, but respected personal dislike.

I am determined to bring even more severity, clarity, and reserve into my life (she wrote in 1908).

Passion is curiously exclusive and the need for it irresistible, while promiscuity is passionless--a mere collector's obsession.