The deterioration of a government begins almost always by the decay of its principles. -Montesquieu

There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law and in the name of justice. -Montesquieu

There are only two cases in which war is just: first, in order to resist the aggression of an enemy, and second, in order to help an ally who has been attacked. -Montesquieu

To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them. -Montesquieu

The tyranny of a prince in an oligarchy is not so dangerous to the public welfare as the apathy of a citizen in a democracy. -Montesquieu

I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world. -Diogenes

Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past. -George Orwell

I think the future takes care of itself. -Pam Bondi

All the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who are not fighting. -George Orwell

Darkness is good. Dick Cheney. Darth Vader. Satan. That's power. -Steve Bannon

Let's just focus on unity and love. -Pam Bondi

All cruelty springs from weakness. -Lucius Annaeus Seneca

The great strength of the totalitarian state is that it forces those who fear it to imitate it. -Adolf Hitler

If the laws are to be so trampled upon with impunity, and a minority is to dictate to the majority, there is an end put at one stroke to republican government, and nothing but anarchy and confusion is to be expected thereafter. -George Washington

Nothing predicts future behavior as much as past impunity. -Jane Mayer

Kalaallit Nunaat, Kalaallit pigaat.

Infantile Sore Loser and Pragmatic Political Opportunist:

The ignorant mind, with its infinite afflictions, passions, and evils, is rooted in the three poisons. Greed, anger, and delusion. -Bodhidharma