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People Quotes

Our greatest hope for success lies in a universal fact: the people of the world, as people, have always wanted peace and want peace now. The problem, then, is to find a way of translating this universal desire into action. This will require more than words of peace. It requires works of peace.


My profoundest conviction is that the American people will say, as one man: No matter what the exertions or sacrifices, we shall maintain that necessary strength! But we could make no more tragic mistake than merely to concentrate on military strength. For if we did only this, the future would hold nothing for the world but an Age of Terror.


The record of many decades stands as proof that our people and their government have, in the main, understood these truths and have responded to them well, in the face of stress and threat. But threats, new in kind or degree, constantly arise.


Our people expect their President and the Congress to find essential agreement on issues of great moment, the wise resolution of which will better shape the future of the Nation.


I have no patience whatsoever with the people that want to pull out of Vietnam at once, or are otherwise prepared to surrender principle.


I like to believe that people, in the long run, are going to do more to promote peace than our governments.


I can think of nothing more boring for the American people than to have to sit in their living rooms for a whole half hour looking at my face on their television screens.


I despise people who go to the gutter on either the right or the left and hurl rocks at those in the center.


It is better to have one person working with you than three people working for you.


How has retirement affected my golf game? A lot more people beat me now.


I say with all the earnestness that I can command, that if American mothers will teach our children that there is no end to the fight for better relationships among the people of the world, we shall have peace.


On March 22, at 5 pm stand on your doors and windows for 5 minutes and clap, ring a bell to salute people who are serving the nation tirelessly.


My focus is on governance. Country has been at greatest loss because governments were run only for elections. Governments must not run only for elections. The government should be a bona fide attempt of meeting the demands and expectations of the common people.


The blood, sweat and tears of our people are mixed into this earth and have formed between us an eternal bond, written into the soil of this land...Bonds that remind us of ancient links between this region [Afghanistan] and India.


Afghanistan's success is a deeply held hope and desire of every Indian. It comes from the love and admiration for Afghans in our hearts. We want to see your democracy strike deep roots; your people unite; and your economy prosper.


Some people like to remain in 'Nirasha'. And they are not satisfied till they have spoken about it to other people.


People say I am lucky. I am lucky indeed because what can be better luck than to have the blessings of 125 crore Indians?


The nation is everything, and serving the people is akin to serving God.


Good people should come into politics. They should come with mission not with ambition.


People's participation is the essence of good governance.