Thoughts & Quotes (29th October 2016)

Politics

Being president is like being a jackass in a hailstorm. There's nothing to do but to stand there and take it.

-Lyndon B. Johnson

Administration

Paramount is the need to secure human rights. The form of rule should be such that the citizen does not have to fear the State, but gives it direction and confidently participates in its administration.

-Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Diplomacy

There are few ironclad rules of diplomacy but to one there is no exception. When an official reports that talks were useful, it can safely be concluded that nothing was accomplished.

 -John Kenneth Galbraith