Mary Shelley Quotes
Devil, do you dare approach me? and do you not fear the fierce vengeance of my arm wreaked on your miserable head?
Shelley, Mary. Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones, 1818.
Giuliani had designs on the Republican Presidential nomination. However, his professional experience had lttlle to do with foreign affairs or foreign policy. Also, as a liberal Republican on many of the social issues, he had the problem of appealing to the conservative right wing of the party. So he selected this principle which no one—left or right—really disagrees with. But the right wing generally castigates the left wing for being weak and inviting aggression and other difficulties. The result was that Giuliani could not get any traction with the right wing of his party and gave up his Presidential ambitions for 2012.
Chavez frequently insulted officials and leaders of other countries. See linked quotes for examples.
Although politics can get very rough, Rove took revenge for disagreement or what he perceived as disloyalty to an extreme that was new to the American experience. In one case, to punish an ex ambassador who had made public statements disagreeing with George W. Bush’s policy, Rove leaked the fact that the ambassador’s wife was a covert CIA agent, thus blowing her cover, ending her career, and endangering her life and the lives of some of her contacts. Rove pretended to be a devoted Christian for political image, his behavior towards opponents was far from Christian and his language as can be seen by this quote was not consonant with a religious person’s behavior.
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley was an English novelist who wrote the Gothic novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus (1818), which is considered an early example of science fiction. She also edited and promoted the works of her husband, the Romantic poet and philosopher Percy Bysshe Shelley. Her father was the political philosopher William Godwin and her mother was the philosopher and feminist activist Mary Wollstonecraft.
