people Quotes

“The people, and the people alone, are the motive force in the making of world history.”

― Mao Zedong, Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung

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“But when he has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty, and there is nothing to fear from them, then he is always stirring up some war or other, in order that the people may require a leader.”

― Plato, The Republic

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“If you want to govern the people, you must place yourself below them. If you want to lead the people, you must learn how to follow them.”

― Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

topic:government people leadership

“The atom bomb is a paper tiger which the U.S. reactionaries use to scare people. It looks terrible, but in fact it isn't. Of course, the atom bomb is a weapon of mass slaughter, but the outcome of a war is decided by the people, not by one or two...”

― Mao Zedong, Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung

topic:war people

“Dad always told me that you can judge people by the way they treat waiters and assistants.”

― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

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“It is no use trying to sum people up.”

― Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room

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“The common people pray for rain, healthy children, and a summer that never ends . . . It is no matter to them if the high lords play their game of thrones, so long as they are left in peace.”

― George R. R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

topic:power peace people

“Weapons are an important factor in war, but not the decisive factor; it is people, not things, that are decisive. The contest of strength is not only a contest of military and economic power, but also a contest of human power and morale. Military...”

― Mao Zedong, Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung

topic:war people

“Dictators free themselves but they enslave the people.”

― Charlie Chaplin, My Autobiography

topic:freedom slavery people

“Wealth is the means—and people are the ends.”

― John F. Kennedy, State of the Union Address

topic:wealth people

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