Fatos Nano Quotes

After the assassination of my wife, our nation was perilously close to civil strife. If I, as the co-chairman of the Party, had asked my people to take to the streets, the very existence of the federation would have been threatened.

When governments become weak, troubles are certain to erupt.

Neither politics of chaos and anarchy has succeeded earlier and nor will succeed in future.

The problem with leaderless uprisings taking over is that you don't always know what you get at the other end. If you are not careful you could replace a bad government with one much worse!

After Watergate, America was a ship without a rudder. Vietnam was left to its own devices, drifting along towards its fate.

Without question, conditions in the Haiti are worse since Aristide's removal, and continue to deteriorate.

If social stability goes pear-shaped, you have a choice between anarchy and dictatorship. Most people will opt for more security, even if they have to give up some personal freedom.

To be sure, in some instances these proceedings have been unconstitutional, but we must remember that it is not the first time since a war that there have been changes in governments by such methods.

Anarchy may await America, due to the daily injustices suffered by the people.

Venezuela has changed forever.

I remember the day Richard Nixon won in 1968. That was a time that seemed certain to bring about long awaited seismic change in America. But events of tragic proportion took us on a turn. Bobby Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr. were suddenly dead.

Russia probably knows the true cost of revolutions better than most other countries.

Something is wanting, and something must be done, or we shall be involved in all the horror of failure, and civil war without a prospect of its termination.

It is no secret to anyone that we are going to rule in the most delicate circumstances Spain has faced in 30 years.

I was grateful for the opportunity to make a difference. The political violence really started in 1970-1971. The political difficulties start a little bit beyond that.

We have a country that is in a very delicate situation.

I know nothing of these torturous arts by which a man may aspire to govern a state torn by envy, parties, and factions. This evil is almost always unavoidable in newly fledged governments, which must look to themselves for sustenance and growth

Panamanians live in a chronic state of insurrection and violence.

Ukraine is facing a serious threat of isolation as some local political forces want to put an end to democracy and democratic reforms in the country

In the past decade, nearly a dozen elected Latin American presidents have been forced from office.

The choice is De Gaulle or anarchy.

Impeachment is a dangerous measure that could easily lead to instability.

In ancient Greece, a crisis was a period of judgment. It’s healthy for a country to go through a crisis.

Miserable news from Paris. Another Revolution, barricades, the troops of the line fraternizing with the insurgent National Guards, two Generals shot, to more in the hands and tender mercies of the beastly cowardly Paris mob. Those Parisians are the scum of the earth, and Paris is the crater of the volcano, France, and a bottomless pit of revolution and anarchy.

Suppose we were to revolt from Great-Britain, declare ourselves Independent, and set up a Republic of our own-what would be the consequence? - I stand aghast at the prospect - my blood runs chill when I think of the calamities, the complicated evils that must ensue, and may be clearly foreseen.