Carrie Lam Quotes

You know, the country is basically peaceful.

I will go on my knees and ask the Liberian people to participate in bringing peace and stability to our country.

The first priority is to make the change from a revolutionary mentality to a civil society in which there is respect for law.

Order is said to exist where the people of the country have, as a general rule, ceased to prosecute their quarrels by private force, and acquired the habit of referring the decision of their disputes and the redress of their injuries to the public authorities.

It will give satisfaction to the people; and be a happy means, under providence, of preventing popular commotions, mobs, bloodshed and civil war.

There is no future for Tunisia without consensus among political parties and members of civil society.

Our domestic affections are the most salutary basis of all good government.

The fabric of democracy is always fragile everywhere because it depends on the will of citizens to protect it, and when they become scared, when it becomes dangerous for them to defend it, it can go very quickly.

Democracy and violence can ill go together.

There is no more important task in a democracy than resolving the differences among people and finding a course of action that will be supported by a sufficient number to permit the nation to achieve a better life for all.

Tunisia's responsibility, and especially that of its political and intellectual elites, is enormous. All the protagonists of the nation's social, cultural, economic and political life must work to overcome useless and counterproductive polarisation, and to find solutions to domestic, regional and international problems.

The theory of rights enables us to rise and overthrow obstacles, but not to found a strong and lasting accord between all the elements which compose the nation.

Our Union rests upon public opinion, and can never be cemented by the blood of its citizens shed in civil war.

The most important thing a politician can do is try to keep the country glued together.

The real guarantee of freedom is an equilibrium of social forces in conflict, not the triumph of any one force.

A democratic society cannot tolerate mob rule.

A good society is able to face schemes of world domination and foreign revolutions alike without fear.

In foreign countries, the ruled feel connected with the ruling. This is why they are so formidable.

Predictions of a disappearing political center are a warning of a bleak future that we can avoid only by adhering to our nation's founding principles.

If you can ensure happiness and public order, the country will go ahead well, just like what all Thais want.

The primary problem in many modernizing societies is not liberty but the creation of a legitimate public order. Men may, of course, have order without liberty, but they cannot have liberty without order.

We cannot stop senseless violence without the rule of law and security forces that represent and respect every segment of society.

The most important thing for Singapore is stability.

Obviously, people feeling that their government is responsive to them is in the best interest of the United States. It's in the best interest of the U.K., it's in the best interest of countries all over the world.

Protecting space for civil society and citizenry is particularly critical in a world marked by rising political and economic inequality.