Politics

“The answer to the question of who owns water is that no-one owns water.”

“This past ten days is the most freedom-oriented public expression of national identity I’ve ever seen in this country.”

“We’re citizens first, aren’t we, before we’re anything?”

“Before the 1979 revolution, we were allowed to be artists, allowed to be women, allowed to be human.”

“The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles.”

“I sincerely hope it will not go through the Aborigine Welfare Board.”

“For the first time in history, the people of a whole nation are being asked whether they shall declare their allegiance to the force of Might or the force of Right.”

“You have almost exterminated our people but there are enough of us remaining to expose the humbug of your claim, as white Australians, to be a civilised, progressive, liberal and humane nation.”

“Do not think your single vote does not matter much. The rain that refreshes the parched ground is made up of single drops.”

“I've had an amazing experience leading my country, but it's time for them to take it forward now and I'll be a fan at home supporting it.”

“We do not think anything can be settled by the sword.”

“We accept no condition of inferiority as compared to the European people. Quite the contrary is the case. We called no man master and we had no king.”

“臣闻理乱之始，各有萌象，二者无门，在君上启之而已。”

“Nie rzucim ziemi, skąd nasz ród, Nie damy pogrześć mowy!”

“Me comprometo con ustedes a no mentir, no robar y a nunca traicionar al pueblo de México.”

“No se va a romper España. No se va a romper la Constitución. Aquí lo que se va a romper es el bloqueo al Gobierno progresista democráticamente elegido por los españoles.”

“We are building a state that transforms the world over and over again.”

“La tirannide non sottentra alla libertá, se non se con una forza effettiva, e talmente preponderante, che col solo continuo minacciare facilmente contiene l’universale.”