Nothing external to you has any power over you.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Before we acquire great power we must acquire wisdom to use it well.
Power and speed be hands and feet.
A man in my situation, my lords, has not only to encounter the difficulties of fortune. and the force of power over minds which it has corrupted or... →
Robert Emmet
When it comes to controlling human beings, there is no better instrument than lies. Because you see, humans live by beliefs. And beliefs can be... →
Michael Ende
If democracy brings an undemocratic group to power, is that a victory for democracy?
Richard Engel
In the 1990s, Islamists in Algeria won elections like the Brotherhood did in Egypt. The Algerian military refused to allow the Islamists to take... →
The dangers of an Afghan collapse are many: Afghan deaths, a loss of American prestige, a loss of NATO prestige, a moral blow to U.S. troops and... →
I think the Chinese model is one that appeals more and more in the developing world. People see that an authoritarian state can hold onto power, can... →
In 2009, Hamas was relatively new to power. It had won elections just three years earlier and was flexing its newfound strength via a war with its... →