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Do you never stop to reflect just what it is that America stands for? If she stands for one thing more than another, it is for the sovereignty of self-governing peoples.
Woodrow Wilson1856–1924Speech on Military Preparedness, Pittsburgh (29 January 1916)
- America
- Democracy
The instrument of all reform in America is the ballot.
Woodrow Wilson1856–1924Woodrow Wilson: “7th Annual Message”, December 2, 1919
- America
- Voting
I make no apologies that the PAP is the Government and the Government is the PAP.
Lee Kuan Yew1923–2015Quoted in R. S. Milne and Diane K. Mauzy, Singapore: The Legacy of Lee Kuan Yew (1990), p. 85
- Politics
If Singapore is a nanny state, then I am proud to have fostered one.
Lee Kuan Yew1923–2015From Third World to First: The Singapore Story 1965-2000 (2000)
- Pride
The function of government ought to be: make sure you have good water to drink, somebody picking up the garbage, good roads to drive on, enough electricity to turn your light bulbs and your record player on, and whatever smaller amounts of regulatory assistance is necessary to make this society work.
Frank Zappa1940–1993