Close alliances with despots are never safe for free states. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes alliance close despot
All speech is vain and empty unless it be accompanied by action. Demosthenes accompanyactionempty Change image and share on social
Beware lest in your anxiety to avoid war you obtain a master. Demosthenes anxietyavoidbeware Change image and share on social
The readiest and surest way to get rid of censure, is to correct ourselves. Demosthenes censurecorrectreadiest Change image and share on social
The thrill of a photo-realist painter is if you get really close to the painting, it looks just like a photograph. Whereas in my case, if you get close to my paintings, they totally fall apart - so I'm about as far from a photo-realist as it gets. Marilyn Minter caseclosefall share on social
Trying to rebuild Afghanistan on the cheap has left the country in the hands of warlords and an impotent Northern Alliance puppet regime that runs Kabul and nothing else. Ted Rall afghanistanalliancecheap Change image and share on social
The sea does not belong to despots. Upon its surface men can still exercise unjust laws, fight, tear one another to pieces, and be carried away with terrestrial horrors. But at thirty feet below its level, their reign ceases, their influence is quenched, and their power disappears. Jules Verne belongcarrycease share on social