Quotes

"I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. My sons ought to study mathematics and philosophy, geography, natural history, naval architecture, navigation, commerce and agriculture in order to give their children a right to study painting, poetry, music, architecture, statuary, tapestry, and porcelain."

• John Adams

“My hero is the mayor in Jaws. He's a fantastic guy, and he keeps the beaches open, if you remember, even after it's demonstrated that his constituents have been eaten by this killer fish. Of course, he was proved catastrophically wrong in his judgment, but his instincts were right.”

• Boris Johnson

"I don't see why we need to stand by and watch a country go communist due to the irresponsibility of its people."

• Henry Kissinger

"I will behave like the King of Sweden when the Iranians behave like Swedes."

• Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi

"They are casting their problems at society. And, you know, there's no such thing as society. There are individual men and women, and there are families."

• Margaret Thatcher

“Demography, not democracy, will be the most critical factor for security and growth in the 21st century.”

• Lee Kuan Yew